Obama Care

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

It was completely retarded for Obamacare to be jammed through Congress without those voting on it even reading it.

It's even more retarded for elected representatives (the Senate and the President in this case) to ignore a strong majority of the people on this program that will degrade healthcare and bankrupt the country.

This is a lot more than political posturing. Try to force each senator go on record on where they stand on Obamacare, it will be a major point in 2012. Funding for Obamacare still goes through the House. Voting on the repeal was an important first building block to limiting the damage from Obamacare.

12th, unless there is a major decline in the unemployment rate, gas prices stay below $ 3.50 (unlikely), and the out of control gov't spending gets put in check, 2012 will be another bloodbath for the left. Check out the seats up for re-election in the Senate in 2012.

We have our opposing views on Obamacare, as you call it, so there's no need to beat that dead horse again. It's the law of the land and public sentiment is about evenly divided. My guess is as more of these provisions come online it will gain in popularity. As far as the rhetoric about jamming this bill through congress, well, Barack Obama was elected with a mandate and he and the Democrats delivered on the promise of healthcare for all Americans.

If you're looking for a repeat of the mid-terms you just might be misinterpreting the electorate in 2012; it will be a more moderate, more diverse, and younger voting bloc. Even if unemployment drops modestly, the president will be hard to unseat and we're already starting to see a shift in his favorables.

Sarah Palin has gone into complete meltdown mode. Tim Pawlenty, Mike Huckabee, Haley Barbour and, God forbid, Newt Gingrich will just be warm bodies on the stage with old GOP talking points and no new ideas to make us competitive globally. And that pretty much leaves Mitt Romney explaining to the Tea Party why he likes universal healthcare, his signature piece of legislation as governor of Mass, and why he supported bailing out the auto industry. So much for socialism, I guess.