I do not think that Democrats are doing themselves any favor by continually hitting Bush on the head with "health care." It may or may not resonate with the American public, but it exacerbates the problem of people refusing to take responsibility for their own health and it makes the Democrats look like the party for helpless fools.

Americans have come to think about health care in very weird terms.... For some reason, health care is associated with health insurance in the popular mind to the extent to the idea of going to the doctor and plunking down some cash seems foreign... And, health insurance seems so intertwined with "employment" that people seem disempowered (or, they are just retarded) about just buying a policy to cover emergency medical situations. In 30 seconds of searching, I discovered that I could purchase a policy from Blue Cross for $77.53 a month. It has a $5000.00 deductible... Or, I can pay $200.00 a month and get a much lower deductible. I know that many poor people can afford $77.00 a month because they have cars. To me, insurance is more important than a car. We do have things called buses. In my list of important things to pay for in life, I list in them in the following order: Booze, rat food, health and car insurance, rent, food for me, food for the cats, the cars, gentlement of the evening and DSL. People need to bounce health insurance up a little higher in their own lists. Maybe lose the cell phones and cable and the excessive food that makes over 50% of Americans overweight. I just do not see how people's spending choices are a federal problem and how it could possibly be Bush's fault or how the Democrats could possibly improve the problem (without further breaking the bank...)