Hillary Clinton Could Run, Win Presidency. But Why Bother?

There is no question she might run and it's really
possible she wins.  The question is, Why Bother?

Sometimes in politics it becomes important to get to know potential candidates.  When it comes to Hillary Clinton, there might not be anyone more familiar.

Nonetheless, the trend in politics and in the news streams that follow, has been to litigate the Hillary case before she gets to do it for herself.  In essence, the hope is to define her for America, as though we have no preconceived notion of who she is, or that the one we had was ill-conceived.

When Hillary was just an ex-Secretary of State who was looking for a little relaxation (and distance) from the sins of her years beneath Barack Obama, she caught a few darts here and there, but achieved the seclusion and peace she sought. As she postures to become president, her sins are resurfacing.  Some of these sins were ones of commission, but most are destined to be sins of kinship as Obama opponents race to sully his record and muddy Hillary in the process.

Because she is Hillary Clinton, the 2nd half of a two part political machine with partner and husband Bill, referring to her on a last name basis is beyond confusion.  Hillary is her own lady and a political machine in her own right.  The Clinton family took it on the chin against Obama and then insured he got a second term.  Without them, President Romney  would still be explaining why ObamaCare and RomneyCare are different.  She is certainly a part of the world famous Clinton's...but she is Hillary, the most powerful Clinton of all.

She is the most powerful Clinton because she offers the key back to the White House (does the White House have keys?) Through her, the Clinton agenda can be furthered in a powerful way.  What that agenda was during their last stint in the Oval Office is still a matter of much debate.  What it has become in the days and years since has become more clear.  Clear enough for the Clinton family to become world wide power players.  CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) has become a brand for corporate humanitarian outreach.  Hillary's recent foray's across the world have given her a deeper capacity, and sensitivity for world affairs, as well as the gravitas to demand influence abroad.

As President of the United States of America, Hillary could design the Clinton global identity into the office she would possess.  The capacity to alter how we influence world events would forever be changed by president Hillary Clinton.  She has an opportunity like no other woman in recent times, to change the forecast for women everywhere, in America and around the world.  Hillary could kick the ball up the road a bit further on issues of gender equality, and she even might offer something that often gets quieted at crucial moments in history, a woman's perspective.  If she only didn't have that Congress thing to deal with.

No person is ever functionally qualified to assume the office of the President of the United States of America until years after you get the job.  Without a second term, it is hard to really dream of accomplishing much as a president.  Hillary is the greatest exception to that rule.  No one in modern history is more aware of the nature of this job than she is, haven seen it from several angles.  In fact, without doing any research (not much needed here) she will have seen this role from more angles than any human ever (Citizen, First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State), assuming she wins the job. Her resume is ironclad, but it is also framed and publicly displayed so that anyone can take their best shots at it.

Although their aim is a bit awry, republicans have let off a bunch of rounds at Hillary.  Yet, up until lately, the angle of attack has been Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi, and you are a friend of Obama. The moment Hillary's friend captured the guy who is believed to have masterminded the Benghazi attack, opponents quickly said he was a small fish (of course) and scrambled to come up with a new angle of attacking Hillary.

The new angle?

Today, Hillary is being attacked for being rich.  I said they were scrambling, but in the scramble they decided to pull out the video called "The Assassination of Mitt Romney".  Being too rich to be sensitive was the first card played in the hand against Hillary.....and it worked.  Hillary stumbled over her wealth like a pile of money left behind in a dark room and forgotten until you returned into that seldom used room.  Hillary sat that pile of money in the room along with a bunch of pictures of her and nerdy Bill and Chelsea from back in the day.  She even framed copies of the lawsuits she and Bill faced that broke the bank as they left office during his presidency.  It was called her sensitivity room and she got the idea from her good friend, comedian Dave Chappelle.

Chappelle told Hillary to remember where she came from because whether you are rich or poor, people who oppose you will search for any reason (that you give them) to bring you down.  Chappelle also told Hillary to always respond to her wealth in one way, and one way only:

"I'm Rich Biatch!!!"

Okay, Chappelle may or may not have shared his philosophy with Hillary.  Chappelle may not even agree with the philosophy, but he did tell the world "I'm Rich Biatch" and made NO apology for being rich.  When Hillary tripped over that mountain of money, she gave an opening to opponents who had little to work with up until now.  How rich opponents will extend this line of attack into an effective campaign approach against Hillary is a bigger mystery, but for now, they don't have to worry about all of that because she has not declared herself a candidate.  The current line of attack on Hillary is nothing more than an attack of the shadow she is casting upon a race that is months from getting under way.

Not everyone likes Hillary. Not everyone should.  She should be vetted and investigated and questions should be asked and answered about any would be president. Just because Hillary has glared at the man in the oval office from so many angles doesn't mean she can endure being the woman with all eyes on her.  She needs to prove to us that being the first woman president is something she can handle, with the duty of just being the president ever looming.  These are the things SHE must see, from her own perspective, as essential aspects of the road she might travel.

WE must realize that congress, and America, is broken beyond recognition, possibly beyond repair.  Political extremist' might be on an agenda of ruining the process so much that they win control by default.  Hillary could expand her fingerprint across the world and further the Clinton social agenda by assuming the office.  Beyond that, what is there really to gain.  She is not too old for the office (Reagan was older) but she might be too old for the bullshit.  Who would want to waste some great years of life with kids and grandkids, while playing cowboys and Indians (I didn't say Redskins) in Washington D.C.?

Hillary Clinton and the entire Clinton family are to be commended for their dedication to public service.  Yes, it has made them rich, as it should for every person who gives of themselves in this fashion.  Is their any person, regardless of party affiliation, that wouldn't take any ex-president at your commencement?  Speaking engagements cost money and ex-presidents can make a boat load if others care to hear what you have to say.  Its while in the role of president that they CAN NOT make a lot of money, or gain a lot of appreciation, or get a heck of a lot done ANYMORE.

Hillary might run for president.....or she might just say,Why Bother?

Pursuit of the Presidency: Hillary's Journey Will Go Through Land Of Barack Or Billville

Thanks to a stellar record that extends itself way back to before the Clinton presidency. Hillary Clinton has worked to make  a name for her self.  Although we know her name and thought we knew the person reasonably well, the next 2 years will reveal Hillary Clinton in a manner that we have never quite seen.

HRC - (Hillary Rodham Clinton), is an esoteric rebranding of Hillary by those who move to do such things upon the eve of an election.  An Amazon excerpt on HRC reads as follows:

Order Me Now!

"The story of Hillary’s phoenix like rise is at the heart of HRC, a riveting political biography that journeys into the heart of “Hillaryland” to discover a brilliant strategist at work. Masterfully unfolded by Politico’s Jonathan Allen and The Hill’s Amie Parnes from more than two hundred top-access interviews with Hillary’s intimates, colleagues, supporters, and enemies, HRC portrays a seasoned operator who negotiates political and diplomatic worlds with equal savvy." (Amazon.com)

It is hard to clearly calculate how a Hillary presidency might play out.  She has an advantage that none of her male predecessors ever enjoyed.  Hillary has just about done it all.  Hillary is both an insider and an outsider at the same time.  She knows the ins and outs but should be far enough from it all to maintain sufficient deniability.

 Hillary had an inside view of the enormity of being the president, and was a Senator, and Secretary of State.  She tried and failed at universal healthcare before Barack got it done so there are a few key areas of attack that Hillary may be prone to, but not many of them involve Hillary directly.

Ask Rand Paul.  He understands the strengths of this political engine, but what he doesn't realize is that what was once an 18 wheel diesel has become a freight train.  Hillary is undoubtedly going to be aided by the masterful skill and the positive record of her husband Bill, but he is the caboose of this train.  Hillary no longer relies on him as she might have prior to her latest round of seasoning.  If  Monica Lewinsky is revived, Bill could become the bane of her existence if his philandering becomes central to her trust quotient that is an element of being presidential. At least that is what Paul is hoping for.

Paul is more than a conservative, he is a republican rebel (aka Libertarian) so he must offer up red meat for his rebel republican base, which the attack on Bill represents. What is unclear is whether or not he will shift gears  to hook the Hillary caboose to the Obama legacy.  If Barack Obama is still fighting for the merits of his signature healthcare law, Hillary will hug up closely to Bill and avoid Barack like the plague.  If ObamaCare is thriving and not simply surviving, Hillary will have the best of both worlds to choose from, but may track back to Barack in order to define herself independent of her famous husband.

The biggest danger for Hillary is showing up too soon for this party.  Hillary could almost benefit her hopes by pretending that she may not actually run instead of leaning her head into the fray.  Today's modern media frenzy, which has seen the next presidential election start way too soon, is only valuable to the media outlets who need ratings.  To the candidates themselves, less is almost always better.  The longer you stay out in the battle, the more bruised you become.

HRC, the above mentioned book, is the beginning of the Hillary bruising.  In it, Hillary is depicted as a strategic, wheeling and dealing pragmatist. This book offers an insider perspective on the path to become the most powerful woman alive, but it reveals the toes that get stepped on along the way.  HRC shows the Clinton that we already expected and the unknown Clinton with a capacity for retribution.  With the Benghazi to Bridgegate comparisons, it is likely that Hillary will gain more comparisons to her potential republican opponent.  

The reality with Hillary is that she will be the only potential candidate treated as the foregone conclusion.  Her pathway to the presidency is paved in platinum and trimmed in gold.  If she isn't ready to start the walk yet, then her opponents will simply have to fire their bombs at her platinum pathway.

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Pursuit of the Presidency: Rand Paul Declared Himself A Presidential Candidate, And Called Out The Opposition

Pursuit of the Presidency: "Uncle Sugar", Mike Huckabee, Rises To The Top Of GOP Race

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Pursuit of the Presidency: Rand Paul Becomes Candidate, Calls Out The Opposition

For many republican candidates that are shining their shoes for a power shift in November, destroying Obama and his Care feels like a winning message.  If you are in a state that happened to block the medicaid expansion and gerrymandered the vote in your favor, you are expecting big things from the House and bigger things from the Senate elections.

Winning the House is a foregone conclusion, but the only way republicans take over the Senate is the abject failure of ObamaCare and not just screams of pending doom. For many republicans, ObamaCare offers  enough of a winning opportunity to have already gone "all-in" against it.

Rand Paul can't get off so easy.  He and his congressional cohorts are currently in a more systematic war against the Obama political machine.  They not only need to render him a lame duck, they need to roast him and glaze him in orange sauce.  The problem with putting heat to his message is that it burns the line that connects Hillary back to Obama. Like most things Obama, republicans will continue the attack no matter how personally damaging it becomes.

As for Paul, in order to best prepare himself for the battle ahead, he has acknowledged which Clinton he will run against.  If he is fortunate enough to run against the OG of universal care herself,  he could easily build an effective narrative.  This Clinton was in the white house when she first had the healthcare dream, and became a Senator when the law got enacted, pushing hard for the mandates that republicans now abhor. A failed ObamaCare will be tied to this Clinton for sure.

If you haven't noticed, Paul is not posturing to take on this Clinton at all.  He is posturing to take on the Clinton that got Obama elected simply for the power of "splaining things".  Paul is perfectly clear about the challenge before him, and understands who he represents.  Paul represents a party that will push him forward even if the GOP will not, so he has to talk like a conservative but fight for the Libertarian..  The Libertarian will functionally dismantle government, leaving behind whatever they deem "necessary".  In other words, he is the voice of a radical movement within mainstream America.

What does the voice of the radical sound like when fighting for an electoral advantage?  Take a listen.

Rand Paul chasing after Bill (not Barack) in attack of Hillary.

If for any reason his words sound harsh, think of them in the context of his options.  If he could pull up a nasty pie chart about the Clinton economy he would have already done that.  Bill Clinton is not only good at explaining stuff, he has the pie charts during his presidency to give him street cred, even against democratic enemies.  The only real line of attack that Bill offers up as a result of his presidential legacy is that of Lewinsky.  Republicans otherwise look at him as the unfair advantage of the other side.

The angry white man who is rapidly watching his nation being wrestled from his grip and is fighting to conserve the last memories of the land his father promised him. He has decided that he might not even listen if the message is not from the mouth of one of his own.  No one has destroyed the legacy of Bill Clinton enough to keep him out of the ear of those voters who every politician is hoping to influence.

Rand Paul is a few undeniable things.  He is number two on the GOP, likely to run poll (10% favor Paul).  He is also the most likely to run of them all, evidenced by many recent behaviors. Paul's Bill bashing is just the most recent campaigning signal. More than anything, Rand Paul is the person most clear about Bill's ability to neutralize Obama's connection to Hillary; most clear about  making Obama unnecessary in regards to his role on the stump.

There really is no question how hard Bill will work to fulfill this journey. He will become the rock beneath Hillary's feet.  Paul has to chisel Mt. Bill down to a sizable rock or he, and all other republicans, won't be able to get close enough to Hillary to even make it a fair fight.  Whatever you are seeing right now from Paul is the only card he has to play.

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Pursuit of the Presidency: "Uncle Sugar", Mike Huckabee, Rises To The Top Of GOP Race

Political prognostication is an evolving industry.  Back in the day, cable networks across the nation were flooded with mystical offerings like the famous Miss Cleo.  Sure, there are those who like the fun and intrigue of a good reading, but most people find it to be nothing more than entertainment, much like what we do everyday in professional sports.  The Miss Cleo's of modern political punditry are finding a similar demand to this mystical mayhem of old.

And what does Miss Cleo say about the prospects for the next republican presidential candidate?

Right now Uncle Sugar has taken a lead in the conservative run at the presidency.  Miss Cleo reserves the right to change her visionary prediction (as poll numbers change), but right now, Mike "Uncle Sugar" Huckabee has taken the lead.

Few would have expected him to even gain support for the presidency after failed attempts in the past.  In a recent speech, Huckabee denounces women who can't control their libido enough to pay for their own birth control without the help from Uncle Sugar. This statement got as much notice from those who support his thoughts as it did from those who never met their uncle named sugar.

For the laymen who did not catch his coin of phrase, Uncle is a reference to Uncle Sam and Sugar is a reference to the term Sugar Daddy, a man who pays a woman (non-prostitute) for her time and wares. What he did not quite realize is that whoever takes over the role of president becomes the embodiment of this mythical "Uncle Sugar" that he speaks of.  If Huckabee seeks to become president, he will also become Uncle Sugar.

Since those who actually respond to polls will segment their support from the list of the most likely's, no one candidate has gained a larger percentage than the 14% support that Uncle Sugar possesses.  I have seen polls that show Mitt Romney at or near the top (14%-15%), but no one yet believes that Ann Romney will let him run again. However, the mere notion that Uncle Sugar is leading the pre-preseason race speaks to the most resounding force in the republican party right now.

The religious right is ready to place its fingerprint on this race.  They are tired of losing with left leaning candidates because invariably, you will look back on your failures and always wonder if the compromise was the cause.  A moderate candidate might just make it through again, simply because prudence dictates these things, but this will be a bruising battle to win the party nomination.

Uncle Sugar might appeal to Tea Party religiosity, but he does not seem equipped to raise the money it takes to give more bruising then you take in a primary battle, and comes off as a bit too sour to become that sweet uncle we depend on to support our pleasures.

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Ann Romney: "You know, we lost, but truly the country lost by not having Mitt as president.”

Not that I'm saying I told you so, but I told you so.

America has it's own party of dissent, and anything that feels like government (or government as usual) brings these folks out of the woodwork._______

The cover picture to the movie "Mitt" is one of him fresh after Ann scrambles his hair up at the end of a tough debate.  The caption reads "Whatever side you're on, see another side".  Why? 

If the answer is to sell the Netflix movie to the masses then I would understand the caption.  Since I watched that movie days ago when Mitt gave it away for free on YouTube, I am left asking why.  Either Mitt is in collaboration with the release of this movie, or he is in breach of some copyright law.  

When you finish watching this film you are left with a certainty that Ann Romney could never endure another run. Now Ann Romney seems ready to publicly lament the failure of America to make the correct choice. In the film, his family seemed happier that he lost than Barack himself. However, his consistent need to remain relevant since the defeat is not being driven by financial reason's.  The only thing that compels Romney or Palin or Cain or any of those political mouthpieces that keep  swallowing microphones is the vision of another chance, or appearance checks.  Romney is so wealthy that he probably loses appearance checks in route to the bank, so its becoming harder and harder to disregard his constant pursuit of relevancy. 

According to Mitt, the person that was hired to capture this video was given the freedom to use it as he pleased just as long as he waited until after Romney's presidency, which didn't happen.  Are we suppose to assume that this was pro bono filming with the payment being the ownership of the film? Most people would hire him to document your story, pay him for his effort and keep your home movie to yourself.  Some of this footage goes all the way back to the first run at the presidency.  It shows a few interesting self deprecating moments in which he describes himself as the flipping Mormon, but if you look carefully his is not really attacking himself but deeply contemplating on how to destroy the notion.

Mitt Romney has been called the flipping Mormon from way back when he ran and won the governors race in Massachusetts.  To a business man, every obstacle is nothing more than a brainstorming session and a coordinated plan away from becoming forgotten history.  This business man has accomplished so much in the world of profit generation that he simply turns voters into a monetary achievement and stacks them up like gold.  

What Romney is missing is that it he is trying to make his story history, which is the only story that can get him elected.  He is treating America like the next  business deal in which you simply need to clarify the assets from the liabilities more clearly than the opposition.  Most importantly, Mitt Romney is doing one of the most dangerous versions of Monday morning quarterbacking.  Mitt is listening to the discontent with Obama to sooth his own campaign failures.  

Mitt is becoming so utterly confused by the voices of  Obama dissent, he hardly recognizes that many of them are the same one's who did not like George Bush either.  America has it's own party of dissent, and anything that feels like government (or government as usual) brings these folks out of the woodwork.  They are the one's who uncovered Area 51 even if they were wrong about what is in it.  Right now they are researching 9-11 conspiracy theories.

Mitt Romney has allowed that same crowd to trick him into thinking that he simply miscalculated his corporate takeover plan a bit.  

As for Ann?  

You know what ride or die wives do.  They complain, and then they jump in the car.

Is There More Good Than Bad With Hillary Clinton?

If you have a dog in the fight, there is an inherent danger in counting your political chickens before they come home to roost (or hatch).  It is easy to anoint Hillary Clinton as our likely next president for more reason's than our love of Hillary Clinton. In fact, the reason's for Hillary may have nothing to do with Hillary at all.

First and foremost, Hillary Clinton is looking more an more like the beneficiary of republican division.  The challenge that exists between internal factions of the conservative movement will need a quick and definitive resolution.  Quick because 2014 and 2016 have already begun.  Definitive because the war will not end until someone defines the conservative agenda.  Ask Bill Clinton.  It is easy to declare the end of the era of big government, but impossible to agree on what should go away first.

As republicans try to recapture a national government equal to the beginning of the industrial revolution, the realist are hoping to do a little less killing abroad and reduce our deficit over the next several years by simply stopping the bleeding.  Meanwhile, Hillary will benefit from the "all president for all people" image that her husband Bill currently enjoys.  History informs us of both the left leaning failed proposals of the Clinton years and the actual center shifted legislation's like NAFTA that make conservatives love Bill as much as liberals do.

If we did not have enough intangible reason's for a president Hillary Clinton, here is one more to try on for size.  Sexism is harder to disguise than racism. If Hillary confronts the same unexplained obstructionism that Obama couldn't figure out, then the obstructionist' may no longer be able to hide behind a made up war against liberalism, fascism, communism and narcissism.

When bills that have the requisite number of votes are held up in congress in order to stonewall a man's legacy, then it might be time for a woman. Hillary can finish immigration for Obama like he did with healthcare for her.

Apparently the bad part is her husband.....the predator.

Hillary Clinton Is Front Runner For Feel Good Story Part Two

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton

You may not like the delay in the Keystone Pipeline or bungled ObamaCare.  You may not appreciate all of the food stamps we've given away over the past few years or trust drone warfare.  No matter how disappointed you are with the status of America and the role that Barack Obama has played in it all, you can't deny how surreal it was to wake up the next day after we elected the first black president.

Before Barack Obama, racist couldn't declare the absence of racism by the presence of a black president.  Now they snap it out like a badge of honor.  Good for them.  No person should have to live in the despair of guilt along the journey towards being better.  Grace insures this freedom to every racist.  Even myself.

As for a sexist like myself, I have to admit that I can't wait to declare the end of sexism by electing a female president. Every other sexist is eager to do the same.  The early coronation of Hillary is more of a declaration that we like the feeling of shattering social mores.  Unless someone comes to the surface that offers a greater opportunity to feel good in 2016 (you know, like an Hispanic female), then Hillary might want to start shopping for an amazing inauguration dress.

Imagine that.  An inauguration dress

Is Mitt Romney Still Campaigning? Romney Reveals Inside View Of Presidential Campaigns

The Mitt Romney documentary was posted free to YouTube by Mitt Romney himself.


The freedom he exhibited in giving this film away on YouTube pales to the free access to his life that we enjoy from the intimate view represented in this documentary.

I initially only watched the trailer and still felt the pain and anguish from Mitt and his family as they endured the process of fighting, and ultimately losing the battle.  While he exposed some real vulnerability in the making of this film, it has only reignited the question about who is Mitt Romney, and is he electable for the highest post in the land?

My knee jerk reaction to this expose was that it was simply too much.  Gravitas typically demands restraint from overly intense moments of sensitivity, nor can you be overly revealing of personal insecurities.  After all, you are  the head of the free world. In further consideration, I see exactly who Romney is attempting to appeal to with this film and I sense that it is not by chance that we are seeing it now.

According to Mitt Romney and the filmmaker who created the documentary, he could do anything that he wanted with the film footage just as long as he did not release it during a Romney presidency.  The assumption of such an agreement was that Romney would win and this would be a really cool inside look at an over achieving man earnestly pursuing a new goal.  Since he did not win, the filmmaker was free to use the footage as he saw fit.  Are we buying this story, or is there more than meets the eye.

Personally, I am not really sure whether this film ruins his chance at future office or benefits him.  In the eyes of those who don't see the strength in being vulnerable, this may have hurt him, but in the eyes of those who appreciate vulnerability, he has gained some image points.  Is it pure coincidence that a film that could improve Mitt's "binder full of women" image came along just in time for 2016?  Doesn't giving this film out for free on YouTube undermine the filmmakers profit, or has Mitt compensated the film maker to do what he hired him to do all along; get rid of those binders and improve his image among women?

If there is one thing that you learn from this documentary, it should be that campaigning is hard.  Hard on the candidate and harder on those who love them.  You should also learn that Mitt's family never seemed in favor of what he wanted to do, they are simply in favor of Mitt.  The stress that exudes from the camera in the eyes of Mrs. Ann Romney is palpable to say the least.  Mrs. Romney suffers from MS and has to maintain a strict medical regimen to keep the disease at bay. When Mitt jokes about using pills to stay calm on the stump, I immediately had visions of where he could get such pills.  Yet, in the end I was most convinced about one really noticeable Mitt Romney trait.

Mitt Romney really, really, really hates to lose.  No, really.

Enough to run again?  Maybe!


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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)