Yeah I’ve thought about that. I respectfully disagree.
In short, we got the worst possible decision, the GOP will be blamed, the Dims will get credit and it will CARRY all the way to the election.
I see no silver lining here.
It’s actually hard to say, one way or another. Speaking from a political perspective. There was a belief that had SCOTUS repealed Obamacare in the earlier decision the Dems would have been able to exploit it to win back the House and hold onto the Senate.
We’ll only know the long-term political consequences of this ruling with hindsight.
I see exactly the opposite. When premiums and deductibles rise, as they're likely to do, Republicans now have the perfect opportunity to step aside and say, "Don't blame us. We had nothing to do with this!"
“In short, we got the worst possible decision, the GOP will be blamed, the Dims will get credit and it will CARRY all the way to the election.”
Our PROBLEM is not with the Democrats, it is with our BASE (hence my tagline and “about” page). WE are the majority in this country, if we could simply get our party to UNDERSTAND THAT, rather than listening to Karl Rove and the GOP ‘advisers’ (most of them gay, by the way). If the Dems want to get the ‘credit’ for premiums that are INSANELY HIGH for older Americans (and younger Americans too) along with deductibles that are SO HIGH as to prevent middle-income Americans from getting medical care, then I say, LET THEM BRAG!