As I’ve stated before in previous posts, electability trumps policy, and President Obama’s rule number one, “It’s all about me”, is a corollary. It follows that passing some type of health care reform act will, for the most part, be more important than the components of the plan. It also follows that anyone can be sacrificed. Referring to the far-left wing of the Democratic party, Riehl World View in Dems To Libs: Get Under Obama’s Bus writes:

They certainly don’t want to embarrass their messiah by being petulant and forcing him to take a loss, right? Not that he will for them in any event.

Looks like the libs might gain some experience with Obama’s rule number one: it’s all about me, folks. I must succeed in passing a plan, or I’ll look like a failure. So what if you look like rubes for supporting me all this time. It isn’t as if you, or the principle really matter all that much, right?

To save face some limited health care reform will be enacted this year. Pushing this initiative has damaged the President’s credibility and image across all sectors of the political spectrum, some of it permanent. Riehl speculates that the President will turn to immigration reform to regain lost political momentum:

I’d wager Obama will pivot and shift to immigration reform, as he sees it as more troubling ground for conservatives, ground upon which he’s more likely to see compromise among the GOP.

Possible, but immigration is a lightning rod issue in the US, and Obama can’t keep playing with fire. A foreign policy win may be better ground on which to regain the voting public’s favor.

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