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OH, GOOD GRIEF: Juan Williams Plays Race Card: Old White People Voted For Prop C (Video). He?s pla?

By Glenn Reynolds

OH, GOOD GRIEF: Juan Williams Plays Race Card: Old White People Voted For Prop C (Video). He’s playing the innumeracy card, too, since I rather doubt that 70% of Missourians are old, white people. The truth is, ObamaCare is wildly unpopular among voters. It’s just the political classes who like the idea.

How unpopular? This unpopular: “Democrats’ talking points for summer campaigning don’t even mention health care reform. Wow. . . . What does it say about the President’s salesmanship that his party doesn’t dare bring up what he spent the first half of his term accomplishing?”

UPDATE: A reader emails: “Here in Colorado, none of the democrats seeking office (or seeking retaining their seat) mention health care in their TV ads. Some of the Republicans do mention repealing Obamacare. The democrats are instead talking about ‘cleaning up Washington’, which is funny because they (Michael Bennet and Betsey Markey in particular) voted FOR Obamacare. I think voters understand that cleaning up Washington means repealing Obamacare.” Do they?

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 09, 2010 (boomark / email).