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2016 Postmortem

andym

(5,443 posts)

11. Because economic progressivism doesn't have mindshare.

Reply to otohara (Original post)

Thu Nov 17, 2016, 09:57 PM

Nov 2016

It would take the equivalent of a progressive Reagan to reverse the trend. it would take a Teddy Roosevelt, who reached the Presidency by accident, was a catalyst for the Progressive movement. President Obama did reverse declining mindshare that government could work for the common good with the ACA, but it looks like that will be a transient victory. Reaganism and the resulting scorn for the federal government continues to be a strong roadblock.

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Why Was Sanders ColoradoCare Rejected 80/20 [View all] otohara Nov 2016 OP

Crickets otohara Nov 2016 #1

Why did Russ Feingold lose by a larger margin than Hillary? LisaM Nov 2016 #2

It Was High Taxes otohara Nov 2016 #3

Senators don't set state taxes, though. LisaM Nov 2016 #5

The bill was a poor one with too many problems randr Nov 2016 #4

Same Problems with Vermont's Version? otohara Nov 2016 #6

Probably because a single state would have difficulty applying leverage. Wilms Nov 2016 #7

Nope It Was The Cost otohara Nov 2016 #8

It couldn't have anything to do with the actual insurance companies... LP2K12 Nov 2016 #9

Well Somebody Was All For It otohara Nov 2016 #10

Because economic progressivism doesn't have mindshare. andym Nov 2016 #11

Because a lot of us don't do the math, and don't really know how much our healthcare costs. politicat Nov 2016 #12

Outstanding analysis SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #13

That was another handwavium. politicat Nov 2016 #16

Thanks! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #17

Because it was way too expensive. kentuck Nov 2016 #14

I voted yes on ColoradoCare knowing it was a flawed bill. kstewart33 Nov 2016 #15