I am solidly pro-Democrat and I support – to some extent – this Pitting.
Another way Obama disappointed with his healthcare plan is described in this recent article, ostensibly an exaggerated diatribe against Krugman, but suggesting that it was Obama himself who killed a public health care option.
Do keep in mind however that OP’s quote from the WashPost article is selective. Here are some more excerpts:
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… on the balmy Sunday evening of March 21, 2010, hours after the bill had been enacted, the president had stood on the Truman Balcony for a champagne toast with his weary staff and put them on notice: They needed to get started on carrying out the law the very next morning. It was not ready even though, for months beginning last spring, the president emphasized the exchange’s central importance during regular staff meetings to monitor progress. No matter which aspects of the sprawling law had been that day’s focus, the official said, Obama invariably ended the meeting the same way: “All of that is well and good, but if the Web site doesn’t work, nothing else matters.”
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Although the statute provided plenty of money to help states build their own insurance exchanges, it included no money for the development of a federal exchange – and Republicans would block any funding attempts. According to one former administration official, Sebelius simply could not scrounge together enough money to keep a group of people developing the exchanges working directly under her.
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From the beginning, the administration worked in a venomous political climate. “You’re basically trying to build a complicated building in a war zone, because the Republicans are lobbing bombs at us,” the White House official said. White House officials contend that the political sensitivities did not influence the substance or pace of the work. But others who were involved say otherwise.
According to two former officials, CMS staff members struggled at “multiple meetings” during the spring of 2011 to persuade White House officials for permission to publish diagrams known as “concepts of operation,” which they believed were necessary to show states what a federal exchange would look like. The two officials said the White House was reluctant because the diagrams were complex, and they feared that the Republicans might reprise a tactic from the 1990s of then-Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), who mockingly brandished intricate charts created by a task force led by first lady Hillary Clinton.
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BTW, when Biden confessed that neither he nor Obama had experience, it made me lump Biden in the same category as McCain – they’re both clowns who, whatever skills they might have had once, are well past their “sell by” dates.
:dubious: :smack: :dubious: Eisenhower commanded the Allied invasion of Europe, one of the largest operations the U.S. has ever attempted. To compare his “inexperience” with that of a community organizer shows great confusion.
Most U.S. Presidents had Governor or Commanding General on their resumes. Some that didn’t had questionable competence. But it’s not clearcut: One of the greatest of all – Abraham Lincoln – was, like Obama, known primarily as a great orator.
That Dopers miss this point suggests they’re either blinded by the “(D)” next to Obama’s name … or blinded by the “Rabidly Raving Right-winger” next to adaher’s name. 
I have been extremely disappointed in many ways about Obamacare; here are some of my older posts:
Please be aware that I’ve not suddenly gone over to the Dark Side. Whatever the level of Administration competence might be, GOP sabotage is the main source of problems here.
And I Pit cretinous hypocrites like adaher. He’s not sad or concerned that Americans may be denied health care despite Obama’s promises. To the contrary, problems with Obamacare just make him and his ilk delirious with joy. I’ll bet adaher is so ecstatic he defecates in his pants every time he reads about Obamacare problems.