Wallace Suggests Obama Could Be Republican Surrogate

Let's be clear.  There are plenty of liberals who simply do not see president Barack Obama as liberal enough.  They are correct.

Barack Obama is a pragmatist.  Paul Ryan is also and the reality of political pragmatism is that it does not behold itself well to the party line. The dynamic of balanced power is unique, because there is always an opposing force against any political movement.  Even in the redest of red states or bluest of blue states you will find a divided legislature.  Why does this happen if not by design.

America believes in checks and balances above all things, and we will work to maintain them even when the party heads think they've lulled us into political apathy.  This balance of power requires any good politician to be able to garner support and favor.  If you can win those across the isle, than you can win in the game of American politics.

As Barack Obama was handed the white house and a majority in both houses, liberals did the happy dance.  When he only achieved RomneyCare2.0 along the way, they frowned and wondered if they chose the right brother.


Barack Obama is a democrat, but he's not a bleeding heart liberal and republicans need to recognize every opportunity they have to resurrect their fractured image.  Dumping the ACA is probably not a winning plan.  Fixing it, or creating the illusion of a fix could very well be the holy grail to capturing the soon to be vacant white house.  If Barack Obama is truly interested in working with congress to fix the ACA, then the first congressman of either party to jump at this opportunity might position themselves well for 2016. Chris Wallace of Fox Sunday Night suggested this to his panel recently and watched as they all stumbled at the idea of working with Barack Obama on anything.  But he might be on to something.

Repealing and replacing is not a great idea because it will be more disruptive than what we already have.  Selling insurance across state lines is a simple adjustment that could take a year to enact, but would satisfy conservatives who simply wish to feel a part of this law.  Differences between the economies of each state makes this an actuary table nightmare, but not impossible to develop.

The real challenge for conservatives is to hear the Wallace suggestion of working with Obama and not damaging a brain cell (does not compute, does not compute).  This idea is so simple its brilliant, but republican rancor makes it unrealistic at the same time.  Republicans seem happy to keep hurting themselves while aiming to attack Obama.

How many variations of a fix to ObamaCare have republicans offered up?:   (see Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post)