Sunday, March 16, 2014

The 2014 elections are about state and local. The federal interests are state interests of House and Senate. Local matters.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a direct result of the hard work of the Late Senator Ted Kennedy.

He worked for a long time to insure the wellness of Americans.

The Democrats have to stop the confusion over the topic of the ACA and Obamacare. They are the same thing and many Americans don't even know that. They believe there is a radical agenda still waiting for them called Obamacare. It's nonsense and the name is disrespectful. 

The Late Senator Kennedy guaranteed the education of the health care consumer when he fought for the Patient Bill of Rights. That is part of the ACA. It is the patient protection part of it.  

If politics are local, it matters less what the national slanderous media of the right wing says so long as local information can point to the improvements in people's lives. If my neighbor or the person on the other side of town has a better life today because the country invested in The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it will matter.

The Texas elections can easily point to the obstructionist agenda that is costing so many hardship in health care. If the people in office were truly interested in 'Mrs. Jones or Mr. Smith, right here in county So and So, their lives would be improved by the ACA and this is how...."

And the one golden rule for elections, "You have to ask for their vote." Those are the words of the Late Senator. He knew by asking the electorate for each vote that is was important and the election was not guaranteed. If I were shaking hands and making speeches to an electorate, at the end of every interaction I'd be saying, "...and please come out to vote, it is very important and I can't win without you." If the election is a landslide, I guess there was nothing more than a great turn out and then the acceptance speech can end with a big "Thank you to everyone who voted." 

Those words are important. "Please, thank you, I need your help."

Make it real.