Ezra Klein just got himself mentioned in a question at the health care forum, namely what is it, exactly, that Hillary Clinton learned from her previous experience with health care. It's a good question. Clinton, in response, hit the ball out of the park. I don't even really remember what she said -- something about evil corporations being evil -- but it was a great answer and right in her sweet spot at the nexus of experience and partisan loyalty.
« It's True! | Main | Boo! »
More Blogger Status Anxiety
04 Aug 2007 02:18 pm
Comments (9)
How many days until this URL resolves to a search engine?
Your protege's leaving you behind.
Seriously, that boy is bright, and has his shit together. Given that health insurance isn't exactly a simple issue, it's impressive as hell that he managed to make himself the blogosphere's go-to guy on the issue by the age of 22, an age when most of us have no clue about what we might eventually want to become good at.
A tip: when you're doing this bit always remember to tug on your lanyard, Dangerfield-style, between gags. Example: "I don't get no respect. Last night I asked my girlfriend is she wanted to make love. She issued a denial of service attack. (Tug lanyard.) My Kos diary is rated in Infinitesimals. (Tug.)"
Like that.
But the interns I know at the Atlantic say you're a great guy, and I keep hearing what a tool Ezra is.
So, see, you've got a great personality.
I wait I though this was Ezra's site my mistake.
Wait -- let me get this straight.
I've been really curious to know what it was that Hillary Clinton learned from her last health care plan. (I know what I think *I* learned, but that's different.)
She gives an answer which 'knocks it out of the park', but it's apparently not good enough to remember.
Doesn't that seem odd? Doesn't that suggest that maybe it wasn't such a great answer?
Like, I might have suggested, hey, don't let our national health care system be run by Aetna, Prudential, Met Life, Cigna, and The Travellers.
She said she made so many mistakes in the 1993 fight that she couldn't list them all in her 90 second answer. That was a good dose of humility for this crowd. She did a great job of demonstrating her understanding of the dimensions of the health care crisis and of stating very clearly a commitment to universal health care (if not necessarily single payer).
Matthew may have been too bedazzled by the fact that I actually walked up to him as a fan of this blog and introduced myself to pay attention to the answer. An actual groupie moment! I just hope I played a small part in keeping his self esteem intact.
Matt, read this article by Novak:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/socialized_medicine_for_kids.html
Hillary is already making strides on UHC in a politically brilliant sort of way.
I like that she says she will lead, but we must altogher build, a coalition to get the 60 votes to make UHC law because the insurance companies are going to do everything they can to stop us. She's right, and that sort of call on citizens to be a part of the movement for UHC is somehow inspiring to me.
Comments closed August 18, 2007.
| 
Heads in the Sand
The world has passed you by.
Posted by Nicholas Beaudrot | August 4, 2007 2:25 PM