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> ACA was the most radical package that could have passed, and it still cost Democrats the Congress. Bad casual reasoning. There is so little evidence that vot
by Ericson2314 1y ago
> ACA was the most radical package that could have passed, and it still cost Democrats the Congress.
Bad casual reasoning. There is so little evidence that voters care about policies years before they go into effect.
- CamperBob2 1y agoFox News made damned sure the voters cared.
- Ericson2314 11mo agoWell sure, but do you think Fox News wasn't already going as hard as they could? Were they really rewarding the ACA we got versus a hypothetical public option by hammering it slightly less hard?
- CamperBob2 11mo agoYes, that's basically their corporate charter in a nutshell. Fox News was founded to limit the damage that a future Watergate Committee could do. Later, the Republicans realized it was much more useful than that. It gives them a fulcrum to move the Overton Window by dragging wedge issues into the limelight and making sure they stay there.
- Ericson2314 11mo agoI take it you disagree then with the GP that watering down the bill in hopes that Republicans and Fox News campaign against it less is a foolish idea?