Health care will be an Obama legacy
I am going to critique an article that was written by Julian Zelizer from CNN.
In this Article I will start off with the Title, the statement of the title makes an extremely bold claim that leads me to the expectation that this article and everything beyond the title will support and provide sound circumstantial evidence that will with no doubt lead me, the reader to believe the claim which should prove how Obama’s Health Care Act will shift Obama to legacy status.
In the writers next response he states “However, with each passing day, it appears that the program is in good shape, slowly becoming part of the fabric of American government”, while speaking of Obama’s Health Care Act. The writer next points just how it is becoming part of the fabric of American Government by using Gov. Chris Christie and the state of New Jersey as an example, one of the main potential contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Christie said that his state would accept the Medicaid expansion that is part of the ACA. Christie had been one of the president's toughest critics, frequently lambasting the program as a prime example of big government liberalism. The writer points out that Christie has changed his tune. The expansion of Medicaid will allow about 104,000 of the poorest residents in New Jersey to gain access to health insurance. To call out Gov. Christie on this issue was a good analytic tactic but a poor ethical choice in my opinion; I believe desperate times called for desperate measures pertaining to the State of New Jersey which only under the astringent circumstances from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy did Obama’s Health Care become not just feasible but necessary, Many of the State’s residents were left with absolutely nothing following the catastrophic event which no one had no control over. A similar concept would be, say there are 4 types; you have your runners (upper class) and your joggers (middle class), and your walkers (lower class) and some aimless people walking in life. All types of people have different speeds of achieving and defining their success towards their life. All types: Runners, Joggers, Walkers and Aimless Walkers are on the track of life and suddenly a drastic turn of events take place where all people in the region are faced with a horrible catastrophic event that cause all types of people, Runners, Joggers, Walkers and Aimless Walkers immediate distress and pain, many people get hurt and most lose all that they have. I believe ALL Americans, deep down inside there is a little bit of goodness in us all, many of the Runners, Joggers, Walkers and Aimless Walkers from different regions will turn and stop and help to pick those who have fallen. That is the situation with New Jersey and Gov. Christie accepting Obama’s Health Care plan, this is not simply a “Change of Heart” as the writer eloquently describes it or an issue where many of the republicans or runners are agreeing with Obama’s Health Care Act which supports the lower class or walkers in life, which the plan was designed for, it is simply coming to the truth which lies at hand, many of New Jersey residents, runners, joggers, walkers and yes aimless walkers have faced the worst of times from an unexplainable and unexpected event and as human beings and as a leader like Gov. Christie the importance goes beyond what we believe in, to do what is right and best for the residents and community as a whole. I don’t believe Obama’s Health Care plan will propel Obama to legacy status.