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I direct your attention to this excellent post by Doctor Zero, who has some fascinating insight into the Democrat's "whitewashing" of the non-pejorative term "ObamaCare"...

Why are liberals suddenly objecting to the name “ObamaCare,” forcefully enough to compel Jake Tapper to apologize for using the term?  As Allahpundit noted, it’s supposed to be the crowning achievement of the Obama presidency – and, indeed, the modern Democrat Party.  He should be proud to have it named after him.

The most obvious explanation is that liberals realize the ObamaCare program is deeply unpopular, a situation likely to get worse as more of the program kicks in, splattering more Easter Eggs of unforeseen consequence across the face of an increasingly angry electorate.  As the President’s approval ratings plummet, his dwindling band of supporters are understandably nervous about hanging a widely reviled law around his neck… especially since it’s still damp from being shoved down America’s throat.

The sloppy craftsmanship and outrageous over-reach of ObamaCare make it a “magic eye” portrait of an incompetent president and party.  As you stare at the countless little fraudulent cost estimates, unplanned side effects, and economy-killing mandates, a 3-D image of an upraised middle finger materializes.  This is a deadly narrative for a Democrat Party that claims its handful of legislators and bureaucrats can run our massive economy better than millions of private citizens.  Americans are understandably angry at a Democrat Congress which rammed through a trillion-dollar health-care takeover, but can’t produce a coherent annual budget.

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Deliberately or subconsciously, the Left is already looking forward to the post-Obama era, and beginning the process of gently airbrushing certain aspects of his tenure from public memory. [embolding mine -ed.]

The bloom is off the rose; Barack Obama is, day by day, exposed as more poseur than savior. Instead of pumping our free gas, we see billowing clouds of oil pumping into the gulf, and Barack Obama unable to command it plugged. We see inartful bribery attempts spilling into the mainstream media. We see a simple sort of fellow, well past his depth, a mere above-average-rhetorician-politician that Democrats must, at some point, distance themselves from, to save their Party.

Looking ahead to the post-Obama Democrat Party, I imagine a sort of insider bloodletting where all the formerly well-kept secrets are exposed; e.g., where Bill Ayers is given proper (dis)credit for his role in launching this slick but flawed politician. I don't expect Bill Ayers will be getting royalties for Dreams anytime soon, but to have his authorship credited would do wonders for discrediting BHO in the academic world.

Democrats today, the farthest left that once-proud Party has ever drifted, can't stay so far from America's center and see the Republic survive. They will have to abandon this direction eventually. Doc Zero sees that in this new distancing from 'ObamaCare'; I agree. Because anything other than this distancing would be tantamount to doom for the United States of America.

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