Democrats need to run ON the Affordable Care Act, or lose

[Pryderi]

the Presidency and/or the House and Senate because of shitty messaging.

[SunsetDreams]

1. I don't think they should have a singular focus.

Granted I could have misunderstood you too.

[Pryderi]

5. The republicans voted to repeal it the first day in session. Make ACA popular and blow up the

repugs for voting to repeal it over 30 times

[AndyTiedye]

2. The Repigs Will Always Have Better "Messaging" Because they Will Always Have More Money

It really is that simple.

We have to win wherever we still can, despite the overwhelming advantage the Repiglickins have due to their control of the media and their unlimited access to money.

[SkatmanRoth]

12. And when Republican money is not enough they have more voter suppression

The Republicans only have one objective: The acquisition of power and the exercise there of

They will use every means at their disposal to get power including money, media manipulation, voter suppression, and out right election theft.

[Capt. Obvious]

13. And Frank Luntz works for the highest bidder

[One of the 99]

16. And they have most of the media pushing their talking points

as if they are the truth. Liberal media my ass!

[MadHound]

3. So you want Democrats to run on the success of a Republican policy that they passed

That just doesn't work on so many levels.

Which party is supposed to be on the left now?

[Pryderi]

4. Sooo...you'd rather have them run AGAINST the bill they passed?

[MadHound]

6. I think it would be mixed messaging for a lot of people,

And a sad statement about our current state of affairs that the Democrats embrace, pass, and run on what is essentially retread Republican policy.

Doesn't make a lot of people on the left terribly happy, or comfortable. Vote for either Rabid RW Republican, or Republican lite.

[Pryderi]

8. The ACA is a starting point, not an end point. Medicaid for all is the end point. n/t

[spanone]

9. republican-lite would never have passed this bill...

it's got the ball rolling

[emulatorloo]

10. Republicans hate it.

[Capt. Obvious]

14. Because a Democrat passed it

[turtlerescue1]

7. One of the reasons I've always been a democrat

is that we may be of like-minds, but unlike THEM, we don't have to have the exact same mind.

[still_one]

11. They need to ru on preservinnf social security, Medicare, a women's right to choose, jobs, and the

Aca, but they are so moused, who knows what will happen

[eridani]

15. We need to hammer oun outsourcing and Bain Captial first and foremost

The major Repuke attack on ACA is that it cuts Medicare. We counter this, not with bullshit laundry lists (which most voters don't care about), but by defending TRADITIONAL Medicare as more efficient, not needing subsidies like the cherrypicking Advantage plans.

[NNN0LHI]

17. Us Democrats will take your advice under advisement

[KurtNYC]

18. But Romney is the father of ACA

It was called Romney-care before it was called Obama-care. ACA is decoy and the faux disagreement is just political theater.