Posted on 09/23/2014 5:20:26 PM PDT by Din Maker
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is betting big that the Affordable Care Act will be a drag on Democrats in New Hampshire.
The Chamber will begin airing a campaign ad Saturday highlighting Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s vote in favor of Obamacare.
Shaheen, who is seeking a second term, is leading Republican challenger Scott Brown, the former Senator from Massachusetts, by about five points.
Obamacare has largely been set aside by GOP candidates as a top talking point against Democrats, but polls show the law is largely unpopular.
The most recent survey, conducted by CBS News and the New York Times, found 41 percent in favor of the law and 51 percent opposed to it.
The nation’s discontent over the law is based in part on cancellation of individual insurance policies that do not meet the coverage requirements of the new healthcare law.
Shaheen, who was elected in 2008, voted along with all Senate Democrats to approve the healthcare law on Dec. 24, 2009.
The chamber ad zeroes in on Shaheen’s support of Obama’s pledge at the time that plans would not be cancelled under the law.
“Senators are meant to be a check and balance on the White House, but in voting for Obamacare Jeanne Shaheen parroted the Obama administration’s promise,” the ad proclaims.
The ad includes a quote from Obama from November 2013, in which he concedes, “The pledge I made…unequivocally ended up not being accurate.”
The ad said that because of the failed pledge, “New Hampshire families and seniors are left to face the consequences. Say no to Jeanne Shaheen and the Obama agenda.”
Shaheen said she voted for the law, “because she believes it is an important first step to making essential changes to our health care system,” and “recognizes that more work needs to be done to make care affordable and accessible.”
Don’t expect any help from the Chamber of Commerce on that second item.
Looking through a lot of the ads that are being run that doesn't appear to be true.
It is about time the Chamber of Commies started concentrating on repealing ObaMaoCare rather than importing more illegals.
Obamacare has largely been set aside by GOP candidates as a top talking point against Democrats, but polls show the law is largely unpopular.
And why in the hell would the GOP set aside a winning issue???
Push it in the peoples’ noses especially the last 2 weeks when ther new rates will be published...
Jeez...do these guys WANT to lose????
Cut the crap and fight like hell!
The Chamber of Amnesty have Executive Amnesty in the bag as a Christmas gift from Obama. So now they can spend money on Scott Brown.
It's not so much that they want to lose, but that they don't want to win by promising to scuttle OC for fear that they would be held to their word.
GOPe likes OC. They just want to be the ruling party that gets to use OC to keep the population in line. *Especially* conservatives.
Shaheen “believes it is an important first step,” and “recognizes that more work needs to be done to make care affordable and accessible.”
Yeah, another 10,000 pages of law and regulations ought to do it, right Bimbo?
Doesn’t appear to be true:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJ5YdkO6JQ&list=UUlJKQAD1YiqXYZHwbkRnNTw&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGmHBLyoWyU&index=2&list=UULpDIMhugA0YQ2tiSB1_8HA
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