All This...and More!

Challenged
During an appearance on "The Daily Show," she (Kathleen Sebelius) addressed viewers crucial for the health program's success—young adults, whose participation is needed to spread the costs of care in the new system.

"We're going to do a challenge," host Jon Stewart said on the TV show. "I'm going to try and download every movie ever made, and you are going to try to sign up for Obamacare, and we'll see which happens first." (WSJ, 10/18/2013)

Loyal readers know that we are no fans of Jon Stewart, but this is hilarious. Good for him!

And then there is this from the same article:

Mrs. Sebelius has personal as well as professional interest in getting it to work. "My 29-year-old son is an entrepreneurial artist who is too old to be on his parents' plan but has a job that doesn't come with health insurance," she said. "So he is also going to be in the marketplace looking for coverage."

She plans to return home to Kansas this weekend, where she will navigate healthcare.gov with her son John, she said, "and see for myself every step of the way."

So it's October 18th. And Sebelius is saying that she hasn't even tried the healthcare website herself? RedStateVT reverses its previously held position that Sebelius should resign. It seems to us that if you oppose Obamacare, the best thing to do is to insist that she remain. 


Doormat
Separately, major American corporations like the Silicon Valley tech giants are once again preparing to intensify their campaign to persuade Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration law, an effort that has been dormant since late spring.

That will include a late-November “Hackathon” that will bring together executives and immigrants without work documents to contact members of Congress to push the cause. (NYT, 10/20,2013)

Sample script: "Hello Senator, my name is Manuel and I am in this country illegally...."