Brilliant Politics on Healthcare. Finally.

Posted on 02/09/2010 at 12:44 pm by Bob Cesca

Steve Benen lays out the wizardry of the president’s televised healthcare summit idea:

In the larger context, it’s a reminder that the summit invitation puts Republicans in an awkward spot. If they participate, they’ll very likely lose the policy debate. If they reject the invitation, they’ll look petty and small (even more so than usual), giving Dems ammunition to further characterize the GOP as knee-jerk partisans, unwilling to even have an open and bipartisan conversation.

I’d like to think all of this has something to do with David Plouffe returning to the fold. Would it be premature to say “check mate?”

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  • JG

    Sorry to rain on the parade, but without proper media framing, it is far from checkmate, and the media has been hell bent on fake balance since Obama took office.

  • Pixie

    Good news, now we just need to work on the purity progressives (kucinich, I’m look at you – get off your sorry bum and start voting with the party you’re supposedly aligned with…for once in your pathetic career)

  • ACRogers

    Noooooo! Don’t say “check mate” yet. It may well be but don’t jinx it. Democrats have a way of ruining a good thing. Let’s see how this plays out and hopefully the Republicans will get caught in the trap.

  • roxsteady

    They’re already caught.

  • eljefejeff

    very premature, Bob….republicans are already working on framing what for them is a sure loss into something the media will project as a victory. They know how to do it. Don’t think for a second they’re going to lay down. Obama caught them flatfooted a couple weeks ago. It won’t be so easy this time.

  • Allonfla

    Amazing how the doubts about Obama continue. His supporters call on him constantly to step in and when he does its ‘well, I don’t know……….’. Come on people, time to act like winners.