The New York Times’ Gail Collins a drops nasty curve over to expose the weakness in the swing of the innumerable cable-tv news yammerers
Op-Ed Columnist
Hark! The Voters Speak!By GAIL COLLINS
Published: November 4, 2009Cincinnati
In Ohio, citizens marched to the polls on Tuesday and voted to allow gambling casinos in the state. This was obviously a message to President Obama that independent voters are not happy with the way the health care bill is going.
Really, I don’t see how else you can interpret it. Ohioans were looking forward to the lower insurance costs that would come with a robust public option, and if the president can’t deliver, they’re planning to pay their future medical bills with their winnings at the roulette wheel.
Also, people here in Cincinnati rejected a proposal that would have made it harder for the city to expand mass transit. Obviously a repudiation of the entire cash-for-clunkers initiative.