Republicans Start to Panic as ObamaCare Reaches 50% Approval

[There Is No Spoon]

By: Jason EasleyJuly 2, 2012



According to a new CNN poll, Americans are still divided on ObamaCare. Fifty percent of those surveyed agreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law, while 49% disagreed. This represents a two point increase from a Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday that found that 48% support the Affordable Care Act. Support for the ACA has increased from 34% in the fall of 2011 to 43% before the Supreme Court decision to 50% supporting the court’s decision today.

Republicans quickly tried to turn their Supreme Court defeat into political ammunition by reviving many of the same attacks they used against the ACA in 2009 and 2010. GOP congressional leaders like Mitch McConnell and John Boehner revived their government takeover of healthcare talking points and called for immediate repeal of the law, but a funny thing is happening on the way back in time to 2010.

Support for the law, and the decision that ruled the law constitutional, is growing. Instead of emptily repeating the Republican cries for repeal, the media has been asking the GOP exactly what they intend to replace ObamaCare with.

When pressured by Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday on what he was going to do about the uninsured if he repealed the ACA, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell got flustered and stated that the uninsured in America aren’t an issue. As bad as McConnell’s performance was, he was outdone by Speaker of the House John Boehner. Speaker Boehner was left clinging to his general talking points about common sense reform as CBS’s Norah O’Donnell continued to pressure him to specifically state what parts of the ACA he would keep, and which parts he would repeal.

Boehner was so broken by the whole experience that a few times during the interview he actually raised his voice and yelled his answers at O’Donnell. Evidence of the GOP backtracking on the ACA can be found in the fact that when pressed Boehner and McConnell both admitted that there are good points in the law that should not be repealed.

... http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-...roval.html

Doink!

[sandnsea]

The more that the uninsured get used to the idea of being able to see a doctor when they need to, and having check-ups and preventive care, the more they will love "Obamacare". Pretending you don't have insurance because you're so tough you don't need a doctor is just a way that those in perpetual poverty save face. You sure wouldn't see any of them turning back their food stamps and in ten years you won't see them turning back their "Obamacare" either.

[janedrake]

(07-02-2012 02:17 PM)sandnsea Wrote:  The more that the uninsured get used to the idea of being able to see a doctor when they need to, and having check-ups and preventive care, the more they will love "Obamacare". Pretending you don't have insurance because you're so tough you don't need a doctor is just a way that those in perpetual poverty save face. You sure wouldn't see any of them turning back their food stamps and in ten years you won't see them turning back their "Obamacare" either.

Well said, sandnsea. It's clear conservatives counted the chickens on the Supreme Court ruling before they hatched, and now they're scrambling for a Plan B. But as time goes on, people are already feeling the beneficial effects of the law. Remember in 2009 when insurance companies announced massive rate hikes and how accustomed we were as a country to that feeling that insurance companies were unstoppable, unpenetrable? That already feels like it's far in the past. And when people get their first insurance rebate checks starting next month - that may go a long way towards tipping the scale over 50% approval for the law - not mention free contraception under health insurance begins next month, too.

[OptimistesMaddie]

born with an ailment understand they can get covered, they will fight the Repuglicans tooth and nail. Do not get between a parent and their child.

[Treestar]

Since they picked Mittens as their candidate, they may as well cash it in on this issue. Not going to help them at all. Maybe in red states and districts they can run on it, but they have to step aside of the Etch-a-sketcher. He's not going to be able to run on it at all. And with the SCOTUS upholding it, there's really not much to fight about.