hmmmmm
It is no mystery how everyone except Kennedy is going to vote on this thing.
I think that upholding the law will be neutral for Obama but slightly a benefit on the GOP side as they can still run on repealing it.
Striking it down could HELP Obama slightly, as the GOP won't have that issue to run on, however, it may end up a wash due to the implication that he pushed an unconstitutional law.
Interesting take on this...hadn’t looked at it that way.
If it is thrown out..the Dems will spin this as “we tried to reform healthcare, and it wasn’t perfect, but we’ll try again , this time to make it perfect.” that would get them through the election, avoiding the reality that the indv mandate is needed for naionalized healthcare...but so what, that way they think they can at least get Obama back in.
I think he’s right. Obozo loses either way.
If it is upheld, it will be a rallying cry to oust Obama and Obamacare.
If it is nixed. He will look like an overreaching marxist.
Either way he’s screwed.
Anyway, it may not move a lot of votes either way.
If overturned, the liberals will feel cheated and want to keep Obama to allow him more chances to load the court with liberals, if upheld it will make them feel vindicated.
If overturned, the conservatives will feel vindicated, if upheld they will feel cheated and want to take the WH back to allow more chances to load the court with conservatives.
The non-political are the ones that will matter on this. It will be based on how they feel Obamacare helps or hurts their pocketbook directly. That is the messaging challenge we must try to win, win or lose in the USSC.
Let’s see now. If mandate buying from private insurance is unconstitutional, then the door is opened wider for the public option single payer. Who knew?
And when it fails, Obummer will unleash his storm troops to burn down the cities.