The local reactions to Obamacare

At the local Democratic office, we the volunteers made calls to potential supporters to invite them to events in the region.  Some of them showed interests in the events, others were annoyed at our calls, and most of them we can not reach by phone.  

There will be a talk by a local supporter on the accomplishments of the Obama Administration.  It would be an interesting topic to talk about how they can be phrased out indeed.  And the Congressional candidate Leslie Coolidge is to have a talk on women's right issues.  The Obama camp is supposed to have attracted more support among female. 

About the Obamacare issue, they say the provisions are generally supported but the name is unpopular, which statements more heard from sympathetic and not-so-sympathetic supporters of President Obama. 

Among those annoyed at our calls, the reactions vary.  The most typical ones are the 'disappointed' group.  They do not have the patience to listen.  Those are the supporters in the past, so they are not surprised to get the calls but invariably demand us to remove their names out of the list.

Another typical reactions are those donate the campaign but not willing to participate in any of the events.  They seem to have received calls quite often and may request to remove their names off.  They express support for the President, the politely would say enough is enough.

The degree to which the people react to our calls is largely dependent on the situation out there in Washington and here in the States.  After the Obamacare passed the Supreme Court, the Obama camp raised over $1 million a day.  While the Republicans raised more than $100 million in June, the verdict certainly plays a role at the local level as well. 

There hardly any Dem-phobia reactions to our calls yesterday.  That may include the Dems being dishonest and hypocritical.  The Democratic party certainly is dishonest about being silent about the donations from the riches, which distort the politics of what the Republicans term the class war.  The use of disguise of doing things under cover of something else, however, probably is common to any political groups.  The difference probably is in what they use for cover.

There are supporters in the Democratic party who are so appallingly liberal that defy human wills.  The decriminalization of the use of marijuana in Chicago does not seem to alarm them as possible causes of higher crime rates.  Some showed sheer delight in the passage.  I personally like the phrase the term "quit human or use drugs" which describe what the drugs do -- defies human wills and reasons. 

In general, the names of the candidate seems to cause some irritation among the voters.  Even among the supporters of the both parties, the names have the effect in such a way that some just hang up the phone upon listening to the names.  To those, who do you support is a question they are not willing to give an answer.  They typically close the arguments hearing the names, as if they brings them back to the political realities on the ground.