Joe Offer says: I think coalitions and compromise are essential.

Greg_F responds: So Joe, help us out here. What exactly IS your program for building coalitions and compromizing with racists, Islamophobes, sexual predators, child rapists, plutocrats and persons who inhabit various fact-averse alternative realities?

Greg, there's no hope of building a compromise with the people on your list. But what percentage of the electorate fall into your category of crazies? If it's as much as ten percent, I'd be surprised.

Most people are far more reasonable, than you give them credit for. And yeah, for legislation to be long-lasting and effective, I think it has to satisfy 60-70 percent of the electorate. A 51% majority is not enough to enact credible and effective legislation. I think Obamacare would be far more durable if it had been designed by rational rules instead of political games meant to squeak a vote out here and there to satisfy political "special interests." I think that means for Obamacare to survive in the long run, it must be a single payer program like Medicare.

-Joe-