Posted by
Andrews on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:03:34 PM
Obama's pitch for his health care scheme does not sound good. He is giving too many details and it all sounds too pie in the sky. Once again, the first thing that springs to mind is "how will you pay for this". He claims the "savings will pay for it", but having heard that since the social security system was created as a "self funding" plan, I doubt anyone but far left doctrinaires are buying it.
On the other hand, if he wants to make ObamaCare the centerpiece of the next three weeks, that is his right. It would likely go over almost as well as HillaryCare did.
I'm not a huge fan of McCain's tax credit. But at least he is pitching it well. he is showing how the interaction of all the big government Obama is pitching will crush small business and slow the economy. It is a good effort. Whether it will connect with the voters remains to be seen.
At least he mentioned Canada and England.
And Obama's small businesses don't pay but big businesses do, sounds dishonest. And his plan is getting more confused an elaborate as he explains it. It is actually probably a bad thing. Anything this elaborate makes people suspicious. It sounds too much like some bizarre technocratic solution. I think he is actually hurting himself more than helping by throwing out too many numbers and details.
POSTSCRIPT
McCain is pointing out that "rich" and "big" or "small" business is not well defined. A very good point, as enough of us recall when Clinton made "rich" mean people making $5K or more a year. Obama, by drawing lines between rich and poor, between big and small is setting up the potential for a similar deception.
He is also doing a good job of pointing out how Obama always favors government decision making while he is promoting choice. McCain may not have been my first choice, but he is making a good case tonight.
And Obama's refutation is weak in the extreme. He is saying "you will lose health care under McCain, the Chamber of Commerce says so". It just doesn't resonnate.