Axelrod: Obama more excited by bill passing than being elected

[jefferson_dem]

Aide: Obama more excited by bill passing than being elected
Posted: March 22nd, 2010 08:11 PM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart

Washington (CNN) – The significance of Sunday night’s historic health care reform vote in the House was not lost on President Obama, according to one of his senior aides.

“I haven’t seen the president so happy about anything – other than his family – as long as I’ve known him and worked with him,” White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Monday on CNN’s The Situation Room. “Even Election Night, he was not as excited as he was last night.”

Asked again by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the president’s reaction, Axelrod reiterated the unprecedented nature of the moment for the president.

“I am here to bear witness, Wolf,” Axelrod said. “That is absolutely the case. He was excited that night but not the way he was last night. Last night, he had the feeling of satisfaction that we had actually helped so many people across this country and given the American people more security and more peace of mind, and that this is something that will benefit generations to come.”

On Tuesday, Obama is set to sign the 2000+ page Senate bill passed by the House, making that piece of legislation the law of the land and setting in motion an overhaul of the nation’s health care system.

Also on Tuesday, the Senate will take up a second bill of tweaks to the larger bill. The two bills taken together constitute the Democrats’ plans for health care reform. Senate Republicans have vowed to try to interpose a number of procedural obstacles in an attempt to frustrate passage of the second bill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said late last week that he has the 51 votes necessary to pass the second bill through a special budgetary procedure designed to avoid a Republican filibuster.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/22/aide-obama-more-excited-by-bill-passing-than-being-elected/?fbid=B63NQ7tPGZw

[NJmaverick]

1. A peak into the heart of a good man

more excited about helping America than getting elected

[babylonsister]

2. Yep. We are so lucky to have him. nt

[SPedigrees]

17. After the black days of Bushco, this President really shines. You are right; we're lucky. nt

[saracat]

3. Yeah "winning is everything" It doesn't matter "what" you win.

or how. Just win.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Joke, right?

Are you really that simple?

[jenmito]

6. Wow. You have really jumped the shark.

[Cha]

9. I love the

Ignore feature.

:hi:

[Bert]

15. how does ignore work?

[Cha]

20. Wonderfully well. :)

You click the X icon(the last one to the right of the person's name) and follow the prompts..i.e. "Submit" and voila!

[saracat]

13. It isn't me that jumped the shark. I still believe in single payer or a Public Option.

I do NOT believe in either enriching the private insurance companies or doing anything to guarantee their existence.

[Joe the Revelator]

14. That user jumped the shark way before Obama was ever elected

You were here, it was fun to watch.

[saracat]

34. Yeah, according to some anyone who supported another primary candidate was "jumping the shark".

It wasn't like anyone else was really running . Or that primaries are about choices!:sarcasm:

[Joe the Revelator]

38. Not letting it go is when you jumped the shark, hun.

[saracat]

39. no according to some, I jumped the shark because I didn't "compromise

my values. I expect exactly the same things of Democratic elected officials that I have for over thirty years. Those who copmpromise those values and retreat from support of those liberal values are not going to get my support when they do so. I remain the same but some politicians jump the shark and I will not cave in to the demand that I approve of it.

[Lilyeye]

7. *yawn*

[kestrel91316]

23. We know you hate Obama. You needn't keep reminding us.

[saracat]

36. I don't hate him. I voted for him but I am not impressed with him. Sorry.

He sure isn't FDR but we all have the right to our opinions.He is better than Mccain would have been.

[NJmaverick]

27. It seems that is the case for you. You want to "win" rather than the nation do well

[saracat]

35. Methinks you may require a mirror to gaze upon your own

reflection in this matter.

[dionysus]

28. by now, you're a caraciture of yourself....

[saracat]

37. Methinks this is another poster requiring a mirror.

[zalinda]

5. Damn, I'd be happy too, if I got

my creditors off my back.

zalinda

[saracat]

33. +100000

[Cha]

8. He wanted to do this to help the People and the

country..When he was elected there was that long first year ahead and now a lot of accomplishments are in the record and we're turning the bushcheney disaster around.

President Obama has always wanted to get HRC started in his first year..more or less..No wonder he's so happy..pretty happy myself.:D

[jenmito]

11. Exactly, Cha.

His accomplishments in just his first 14 months have been historic and almost unbelievable, especially working with nothing more than a majority of his own party, no help from the other party at ALL.

Today is my birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better gift than for the bill to pass last night and to see how happy Obama felt about it. :)





I'm 43 in case you were wondering. :hi:

[Cha]

12. Happy Birthday, jenmito~

:party::party:~That is a wonderful gift for your 43rd..so you were born in 1967..the same year as my son who will be 43 in August.

Quite the birthday eve you had yesterday..I was on the computer for 13 hours:bounce: What a day!

One for the record books. :)

:hi:

[jenmito]

29. Thanks, Cha...

Yup, I was born in '67. I can't believe you have a CHILD my age-you "sound" like YOU'RE my age!

It's been a non-stop party up in here for the past few days! And I'm still goin'! :bounce:

:hi:

[SPedigrees]

18. Happy birthday, youngster, and many more! nt

[jenmito]

30. Thanks, SPedigrees! n/t

[babylonsister]

26. Happy belated birthday, jenmito!

Many more! :party: :fistbump: :party:

[jenmito]

31. Thanks, babylonsister!

:hi:

[branders seine]

10. has he been eating his own dogfood?

(as we used to say in the Mad Men world of advertising)

[Clio the Leo]

16. I think we all felt that way didn't we?

A lot of men have gotten elected .... very few did what he was able to do last night.

[SPedigrees]

19. He is an exceptional president, to be sure. nt

[applegrove]

21. He fought the good fight and won!

[O is 44]

22. I'm so happy for him and for the people this bill

will help!

[Writer]

24. It's interesting to see a president maintain cynical distance from the system,

while still offering the personal skill set to make the system work. I think he hates the pretense but loves the results.

[ecstatic]

25. He hopes nobody will have to go through what he and his mother

went through during her final months of life. This fight was personal.

[emsimon33]

32. Sure. Why not. He probably was promised millions from the bloated

pharma, hospital, and insurance companies when he is finally kicked out of office in 2012 for selling the American people down the river to these sectors.