Ron Fournier, of National Journal, formerly of the Associated Press:

“Dem Party is F****d.” That was the subject line of an email sent to me Sunday by a senior Democratic consultant with strong ties to the White House and Capitol Hill. The body of the email contained a link to this Los Angeles Times story about Obamacare “sticker shock” . . .

The Democratic consultant said none of this is news to him, but he wonders why Obama wasn’t honest with Americans. He predicted surprise and outrage over higher costs and lesser coverage. “We will own this problem forever,” the Democrat wrote.

From that Democrat’s lips to God and the American electorate’s ears.

But it’s not as if the Democrats aren’t experts in blame-shifting.

I suspect that if there is no miraculous solution to the woes of Obamacare, and the issue is a liability heading into November 2014, Democrats will attempt the shameless maneuver of insisting the problems with Obamacare — both the web site and the policy — are the fault of Republicans and that handy perennial scapegoat, health insurance companies. Picture television commercials like this:

“Obamacare was supposed to help expand care for everyone. But Republicans and the big insurance companies stood in the way, and now millions are losing coverage because of their obstructionism. We need someone to stand up to the powerful interests in Washington so that all of us get the care we need! Vote for [insert name of Democrat incumbent or challenger here]!”

We’ve already seen the “blame Republicans” spin from Howard Dean, Juan Williams, and a few others.

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