It's pretty clear – if Obama wins the election, the Affordable Healthcare Act is here to stay. If he loses, its future is dependent upon the makeup of Congress. Despite the claims of its friends and foes, it is almost impossible to see how it will play out, good or bad, until we try it for awhile. The problem is that people like most of its provisions, but the foes have managed to cloud the overall discussion. It is now up to Obama to clarify the discussion in a way that people understand. Can he do it? His job for the next four years may depend on it. ****** My books, “There Are Only Seven Jokes” and “The Spirit Runs Through It” are available in paperback , or at the Kindle Store.
My alarm clock goes off every morning at eight, except for the few times when I have a breakfast date. Usually I wake up about an hour before that, or at least I partly wake up. It is important that I remain in a “not quite awake but not quite asleep” state, because I consider that time as the germination period for whatever seeds happen to have blown into my head.