Obama and the Great White Whale

Dennis Kneale of CNBC had a great analogy on Wednesday for President Obama and his do-or-die health care program. He said, "So now it becomes clear: President Obama as Ahab, a political martyr wannabe who willfully straps himself to his own Moby Dick, that great white whale of a $1 trillion health-care overhaul."

Kneale, like many other commentators, feels that a health care bill in some form is inevitable. And like Ahab, once that harpoon plunges into the whale, down goes the Obama Presidency and the entire Democrat ship.

What's even more tragic, he says, is the fact that Obama seems content to sacrifice anything he can for his health care plan. The ripples of his decision will be felt long after the splash. We've already seen the backlash in states like New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

Democrats are running D.C. like it's a sports team, and they are having about as much success as most D.C. sports teams. A popular catch phrase among managers in sports is, "If you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting with the fans."This has become the new, governing Democrat motto. The only problem is that choosing a draft pick or a starting pitcher has no impact on the lives and futures of the American people; however, choosing health care does.

A new CNN poll taken from January 22 to January 24, said that 69 percent of respondents say Congress should trash the current Democratic health care proposal and either write an entirely new health bill or stop working on the it altogether. The Democrats can't continue to ignore the will of the people or else they will share the ocean floor with Ahab and his crew while the great white whale lives on, louder and angrier than ever before.