Announcement! The Katie Speak Live Archives feed is up on iTunes! Subscribe to never miss my spots with Hal, Ledge and others! There will be a podcast feed for the audio versions of my blog posts coming as well, so stay tuned.

I remain an eternal optimist, if a skeptical one. The poll numbers for the GOP have been drastically dragged down by the tea party intransigence in the House — to the lowest percentage since polls have been taken on favorability. People are legitimately angry and that anger overshadowed the shaky roll out to the Affordable Care Act. With midterms just a year away and those enrolling in the exchanges about to experience comprehensive health insurance — some for the first time in their entire lives, I see hope on the horizon.

Hal and I chat crazy vs pragmatism and how IN LOVE I am with Obamacare, how I’m not alone in my excitement as detailed by Robin Marty in Rolling Stone this week, and how the McCutcheon case heard by SCOTUS could rain all over my optimism.

Get the enhanced audio: Katie Speak Live! HSRP, 10/19/13

Easy download/stream:

You can hear the Hal Sparks Radio Program every Saturday on WCPT Chicago’s Progressive Talk, 820AM from 12-2pmEST. Stream the audio, watch via the ustream and join the conversation by calling: 773.763.9278.

If you found this post informative, entertaining, helpful, etc. you can subscribe to the Katie Speak Mailer which has all my posts, Tawkers live chats, radio segments and activism info. You can also click SUPPORT to keep me speaking and follow me on Facebook and twitter. Thanks!

Categories: Hal Sparks Radio Program

Tags: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Boehner, budget, debt ceiling, GOP shutdown, Hal Sparks, Hal Sparks Radio Program, health care, health insurance, healthcare, insurance reform, Katie Speak, Katie Speak Live, KatieSpeak, McCutcheon, Obama, ObamaCare, POTUS, Robin Marty, Rolling Stone, Shutdown, Speaker Boehner, tcot, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, WCPT, WCPT Radio