Jarrett: Obama Won't Demand Public Option

Bush lost the popular vote, and had a 50/50 tie in the Senate, yet managed to give us wars and policies that killed the economy. What good is Obama if he can't even pass popular programs with his advantages?

It now appears that a second Obama term might mean nothing other than 4 more years before health care is reformed. I'm not voting for that.

I must concur with the comment that the dems are bought and paid for. The repugs and the dems are 2 sides of the same coin. What we've got here is corporatism or corporatocracy--not democracy. I say overthrow the whole thing--kick them all out--but nobody I know wants to do that. However, unless and until we overthrow our corporate overlords and their agents and representatives in government (and that includes all of them), we're going to get more of the same. Things won't change unless we change them. Voting does not work because it's not a democracy. Protesting and lobbying don't work. The only thing left is a (hopefully nonviolent) revolution. Jefferson expected the government to be overthrown every so often, that such stuff would be part and parcel of healthy democracy. We have not overthrown our government, as Jefferson predicted. That's why we don't have democracy. We go through some motions like voting and such, but the real power lies in the corporate elite; they ignore us and our demands because they can.

I understand the frustration with her statement but remember, there is nothing yet so don't get crazy yet, but just curious, who would you vote for if not Obama. The republicans. What do you think you will get then? They have already shown where they stand and it's not with us. I am really perplexed that so many are so unhappy with this President after 10 months and working harder and doing more than any President we have had in 12 years or more.

I don't get it. I need someone to explain this rationale, please. It would be a disaster for this country to not re-elect him or to elect a Republican. No democrat is going to run against him so that leaves voting Republican. You gotta be fricking crazy (and that's not meant for you in particular, but for anyone thinking of not voting for him) based on 10 months in office.

results are what matters. let's see what the final bill up for a vote looks like. if there is no PO then I would lean with the pov that obama and the dem majority is simply a mirage and that we've been had. i don't think that's a particularly controversial way of looking at this.