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Did he put any public pressure on Lieberman or any of the blue dogs? He had a great approval rating and won his campaign based on implied structural change.
There was plenty of public pressure on Joe Lieberman and the blue dogs, they didn’t care because they were getting money and were promised jobs from the drug and insurance companies. Same with alll the republicans that voted unanimously against it. Joe Lieberman in particular fought vehemently against it and then promptly quit the party afterward because he faced so much backlash because of it. To blame the lack of public option or single payer on Obama is disingenuous at best and idiotic at worse. Obama achieved what he could in the face of unprecedented obstruction and left us in a better position than before.