On the Politics page of MSMBC.com today, Howard Fineman:
When the history of President Barack Obama’s first year in office is written, scholars will try to answer this puzzling question:
How did a gifted, charismatic young Democrat — who won the White House by a large margin and brought in huge congressional majorities — manage NOT to enact fundamental health care reform, a goal his party has been seeking since Truman?
I still think Obama is going to get a bill, just not one very worthy of the name. Why?
As much as I wish it's weren't so and realizing that the battle isn't over and has just begun, Howard Fineman makes some good points on what has gone wrong with the president's health care initiative and why we aren't any further along than we seem to be.
I think it's worth a read. Particularly telling is the notion that Obama should have been working to clamp down on abuses by insurers, ie: "focusing on the fears of the 85% who have insurance rather than the 15% who do not".
What Went Wrong