Template:Did you know nominations/Waterloo (blog post)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Waterloo (blog post)[edit]

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Sign calling for Obamacare repeal

... that after Obamacare was passed, conservative commentator David Frum predicted it would never be repealed (protest sign, pictured), which he believes cost him his position at the American Enterprise Institute? Source: "No illusions please: This bill will not be repealed" FrumForum; March 21, 2010
"David Frum told us last night that he believes his axing from his $100,000-a-year "resident scholar" gig at the conservative American Enterprise Institute was related to DONOR PRESSURE following his viral blog post arguing Republicans had suffered a devastating, generational “Waterloo” in their loss to President Obama on health reform" Politico; March 26, 2010.
- ALT1:... that a post David Frum made to his blog predicting Obamacare would never be repealed (protest sign, pictured) drew so many hits it crashed the servers within hours? Source: "To that point, it was a big day on my website if we reached 25,000 unique visitors. The Waterloo post passed a million clicks before our servers crashed." "The Republican Waterloo", The Atlantic; March 24, 2017

Reviewed: Sulphur Mountain Formation
Comment: ~~As can be read I would like this run on March 21, the eighth anniversary of both the post and the passage of the Affordable Care Act~~ Since we missed that deadline I have changed the hooks. Daniel Case (talk) 15:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 21:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC).

Whew! Massive piece - new enough and certainly long enough. Seems neutral and well-written. Both hooks check out, though the source given for ALT1 is somewhat WP:PRIMARY. Earwig just picks up quotes, titles etc. PIC ok. GTG, nice work! Johnbod (talk) 19:08, 22 March 2018 (UTC)