David Zelizer says rollout of Obama 's health care plan has been plagued with problems . He says the Affordable Care Act was product of timid liberalism , a trend in past decades . Politics : Liberals have moved away from pushing strongly for government reform . Facing entrenched opposition from a Republican Party that has been determined to subvert the program from the moment it passed , President Barack Obama has frustrated supporters by continuing to offer the GOP plenty of ammunition for their attacks . Programs such as Obamacare are complex , requiring cooperation of states , private industry , he says .
David Zelizer says rollout of Obama 's health care plan has been plagued with problems . He says the Affordable Care Act was product of timid liberalism , a trend in past decades . Politics : Liberals have moved away from pushing strongly for government reform . Programs such as Obamacare are complex , requiring cooperation of states , private industry , he says .