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stumbling bumbling fumbling news conference   We learned that
there was a fumble. We learned that technology is hard. In fact,
the president went on for an extended period of time explaining
government’s historical struggles with IT issues. Considering
that the entire backbone of the law is dependent on this
technology and expertise, how can anyone truly believe that the
Nov. 30 deadline set for to work properly is going to be met?
And why should anyone trust that IT will work better in the
future?  We also learned, despite this traditional technology
deficit, the president was not “informed directly” about the
challenges facing the website, because he would never be “stupid
enough to say this is going to be as easy as shopping around on
Amazon or Travelocity.”  We learned that buying insurance is
complex business — more complex even than buying
an airline ticket. It’s not “like buying a song on iTunes,” the
president said. It’s “a much more complic