by Curt Guillory

Created on: September 14, 2009

President Obama has taken to some familiar territory in order to push his suffering health care agenda. The president has returned to the campaign trail.

It's no wonder why he has chosen this venue. This is where the President is most successful, and it is the last place where he had true success. The campaign trail is a stage, and the stage is dressed by his people. The audience is filled with his fans.

They clap and cheer. It's all very inspiring. It resembles nothing to the likes of which is Capital Hill. Nothing is what it seems there. All of the pats on the back, and the "atta boys" Mr. Obama received while campaigning have turned to knives.

The professionals on Capital Hill are calculating in their hunt. They slip the knife in slowly. You can't even feel it. The president is quickly figuring out that every deal requires another deal. And that deal has to clear someone else who is looking for, yes, another deal.

The question remains though, why is the President fighting so vehemently for this health care reform? The plan, by all accounts, is not great. In fact it's quite poor. There are too many questions left unanswered in the 1500 page bill. But the pink elephant in the room is the cost.

The President promises the populous that the 900 billion dollar bill will not raise taxes. Opposing economist counter by saying that the plan will cost 2.5 trillion dollars and will indeed raise taxes.

Who to believe? Who to believe? It seems pretty obvious that if we are already operating in a deficit, then any additional spending will yield one of two results. One is a larger deficit. The other is to raise taxes to pay for the increase.

The President is telling his alluring crowds that they shouldn't pay attention to the fear mongering from the right. And, oh by the way, if this health care bill doesn't pass it will mean the end of America. The President doesn't want you to be scared by the Republicans, he wants you to be terrified by not toeing the Democratic party line.

President Obama is a smart man. Surely he can see the flawed logic in this plan. So we return to our previous question. Why is the President fighting so hard for this?

The answer is because nothing less than the remainder of his presidency hangs in the balance. It is not because the President feels this is the right thing to do. It is not because that great, big, giant heart of his is bleeding for the 6% of the American population this will help.

It is because everything else he has

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