Research Briefing

Former Obama Health Czar-Designee Tom Daschle: “I Tell Audiences All Over The Country, That If This Passes I Think We’re On The 30-Yard Line, That We’ve Got 70 Yards To Go…”  (“Daschle: Incremental Reforms Won’t Work,” Kaiser Health News, 3/2/10)

BUT WHITE HOUSE THINKS IT’S NEARING THE END ZONE

White House Advisor David Axelrod: “We’re Way Deep In The Red Zone…We’re Right On The One-Yard Line.” (Martina Stewart, “Health Care Reform Bill ‘Still Inside The Five Yard Line’ Gibbs Says,” CNN’s “Political Ticker” Blog, 1/31/10)

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “We’re Still Inside The Five-Yard Line.” (Martina Stewart, “Health Care Reform Bill ‘Still Inside The Five Yard Line’ Gibbs Says,” CNN’s “Political Ticker” Blog, 1/31/10)

President Barack Obama: “We’re Essentially On The Five-Yard Line -- For Those Who Like Football Analogies.  So We’ve Had To Go Into Overtime, But We Are Now In The Red Zone, That’s Exactly Right.  We’re In The Red Zone.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks By The President In Town Hall Meeting In Nashua, NH, 2/2/10)