On February 27th, 2015 The Washington Post published an article titled The exquisite hypocrisy of GOP Medicaid expansion rhetoric by Stephen Stromberg.

The author of this article argues that Republican leaders are quick to shoot down the idea of Medicaid expansion programs in their states. Their point of view is very consistent in that they do not believe that a federal government with such excessive debt, is in any position to offer this kind of deal to the regional governments, and years later will not even be able to continue funding for the project they started. This article is intended for a Liberal audience, the idea of health care for everyone in and of itself is a Liberal concept. The article's author is arguing for Liberal ideas as well, at least in this instance. He has been chiefly an editorial writer, so it is to be expected that strong opinions would come out of an article written by him. To capture the audience, he had to provide evidence as to why he believes the GOP is at fault, this only helps his argument.

The argument is backed by showing that the states that refuse to cooperate with this new program, are some of the most heavily reliant on federal government funding. In some of these states federal funds make up nearly half of that state's revenue. This article lays with my own beliefs and captured me as an audience, however it could have been drastically improved by giving us some evidence of how liberal states are reacting to the Medicaid expansion program, do they differ in opinion completely? Or are there some gray areas where Liberals find this program to be just as daunting as their Conservative counterparts? Showing both sides of a political issue is important to remove bias, and make a more concrete argument.

The conclusion of this argument seems to be just a controversial flashy ending, that captures the essence of political drama perfectly. I do not believe that Conservative leaders would turn something down purely because Obama's name is attached to it. This is the weakest part of this argument, and if that is the state of our nation then we are in bad shape indeed.