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Obamacare ruling a time bomb for Democrats?

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Revmitchell

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From the op:

Experts have been scrambling to figure out what political consequences the decision would have. For a while, there were many observers who believed that the decision would fall hardest on Republicans. After all, 26 of the 34 states that would be directly affected, where federal exchanges are operating, are under Republican control.

In these states, there are 22 Senate seats held by Republicans up for grabs in 2016. If the court eliminates the subsidies, Republican governors and legislatures will be dealing with an angry population and they will come under immense pressure to act. If Republicans refuse to fix a situation that has arisen from a drafting error, they could receive the blame.

Yet recently there have been more voices warning that Democrats are the party that will take the hardest hit. After all, Jeffrey Toobin convincingly wrote in The New Yorker that this is a program clearly associated with Democrats; they will be blamed for its failure. Toobin quotes Colin Powell's famous "Pottery Barn rule" that he used to describe the fallout from U.S. military intervention in Iraq -- "you break it, you buy it."

Toobin notes: "To the vast mass of Americans who follow politics casually or not at all, Obamacare and the American system of health care have become virtually synonymous. ... So if millions lose insurance, they will hold it against Obamacare, and against Obama." Writing for The Week, Scott Lemieux generally agrees. "The problem is that a separation-of-powers system dilutes accountability, and voters generally lack the information that will allow them to sort out the blame for a given disaster. Presidents generally get both more credit and more blame for what happens under their watch than is justified by their power."
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Jedi Knight

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Crabtownboy said:
The Democrats are associated with the passage of Obamacare.
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Republicans wouldn't jump on board......0 in fact. I guess NOW your gonna find whats in it eh? BTW that was CNN....Crabs Network News.
 
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carpro

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Crabtownboy said:
The Democrats are associated with the passage of Obamacare.

The Republicans will be associated with killing it.
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That would be a victory for an open, responsive and LEGAL legislative process.

Killing that piece of trash legislation will open the door for something good to replace it.

I pray it happens. :praying:
 
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