What’s your gut tell about where this is going, going on seven weeks in?
You’re an optimist? A pessimist? Or maybe like some, you know it’s the law and one that President Obama is highly unlikely to allow Congress to meddle with, so it’s just going to plow on, bumps or not. That’s what we’re discussing at The Hive (sub req). Join us and let us know what you think.
A few days ago I was speaking to some folks on the inside of the effort to get HealthCare.gov working. Their take on the much-discussed Post piece stating that the site was likely not to be ready by December 1st was that it mistook how any site works. Not that it was wrong per se but was too binary in its take. It’s not like a car where you put your key in the ignition and it starts or it doesn’t. It’s an inherently incremental and iterative process – which at least as a general matter is true with any website, large or small, especially large.
The piece out in the Post today is another case of a headline giving a somewhat misleading view not only of the reality of the situation, but even what’s contained in the piece itself.
There was an upset win in the runoff to fill the vacant seat in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District last night. Jindal-backed favorite and party regular state Sen. Neil Riser (R) was defeated by newcomer Vance McAllister (R). In national political terms this sounds like a bit of a yawner since this was a run-off between two Republicans. But there’s a big element of the result that runs counter to the current political narrative on ‘Obamacare’.
