Obama May Need Sense of Crisis to Revive Health-Care Overhaul

Be interesting to see if this is an accurate forecast of how the Administration plays this one. - MBC

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5HawfX.Mxt8

"...Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis.

...Obama must recapture the sense of urgency that led to passage of the economic rescue package in February, analysts said.

...said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington. “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.”

...Emanuel said the administration made unprecedented health-care progress in eight months.

‘Not There Yet’

“We gave Congress a charge, we gave them broad outlines, which is the reason we are farther along than any of the five presidents that have tried,” Emanuel said in an interview yesterday. “We’re not there yet, and this speech is intended to finish the job.”

...“There is a problem in our health-care system today, and we need reform; it’s not a crisis,” said Ed Gillespie, White House counselor to President George W. Bush. “It’s just people saying this is way too much, way too fast, we don’t know where this money is going and we don’t know where it’s coming from.”

The CBS survey of 1,097 Americans Aug. 27-31 found Obama’s approval fell 12 percentage points from a high of 68 percent in April to 56 percent; the error margin is 3 percentage points.

A survey of 4,518 likely voters by Zogby International Aug. 28-31 put Obama’s approval rating at a record-low 42 percent;..."