Thursday, September 03, 2009

What we want President Obama to do

Or at least, what Dan Froomkin wants him to do--and it sounds like good advice to me. Excerpts:
And he needs to openly address the deals he has made with Big Pharma and other industry players. What were his intentions? What did he promise? What did he give up? Are the deals still in force? How does he think he can bridge the chasm between the interests of the health industry on one side and the American public on the other? Because he really can't. So who is going to take the haircut? Whose side is Obama really on?


To some extent, I understand why Obama hasn't taken a more aggressive approach until now. After all, the nativist right is ready to pounce the minute he gives them a video clip that allows them to depict him as an "angry black man." But they'll pounce anyway. They've already pounced. They'll keep pouncing no matter what.


Emphais mine. I cannot tell you how great will be my sigh of relief if Obama shows he has learned that--well, as Rachel Maddow said last night, that if you don't lie down in front of the door, there's much less chance of your being used as a doormat.

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