You know times are tough for the Republicans, when they start talking up a program they passed because it won't be the failure everybody thought it would be. Time will tell if it's any good or not, say 5 years. Peace

I wonder if that has anything to do with the Ads about getting people to sign up. I mean do we have fewer folks signed up to it than we thought? They joining other perscription plans?

I don't buy it. The federal gov't has never passed a program that comes in cheaper than touted...especially one supported by Democrats and Republicans.

President Bush did a great thing, giving all our elderly parents cheaper drugs. All the while taking grief from both sides of the aisle. To answer steves point, it already is a great success. Here's one success story. My mother signed up recently and is saving a great deal of money every month when she goes to the pharmacy. I believe this is the account of most seniors on the program. I know dems measure success, not by results but what a poll says and if it "feels good". But in this case, we have results, great poll numbers and it feels good. I call that a success already.

Now if they would just stop those stupid adds for problems we never knew we had but now there is a miracle drug to cure it.

My favorite is Restless Leg Syndrome.