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Dems wrong war: Health care amid jobs crisis

Pat McMahon Contributor
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Barack Obama said 3,341 words before he advocated health care reform during his State of the Union address. It was indicative of the White House pledge to pivot to jobs in 2010. As early as last Thanksgiving, the president declared, “I will not rest until businesses are investing again and businesses are hiring again and people have work again.”

Nearly four months later, Obama continues to spend most of his waking hours attempting to pass a health care bill. No legislation has so engulfed Washington in decades.

What’s intriguing today is the thunderclap unheard. It’s the greatest jobs crisis in three-quarters of a century. All political hands are on deck for health care. But to most Americans, the storm is elsewhere.

Full story: RealClearPolitics – Dems Wrong War: Health Care Amid Jobs Crisis