I don’t buy Carville’s attempt at double-psych for a second. He’s trying to sow seeds of doubt, nothing more.
If Obamacare in its entirety was tossed by the USSC then the Democrats would be able to claim they had done their best to help the common man, only to be thwarted by the "conservative" leaning USSC. They also wouldn't have any political risk when Obamacare measures kicked in and killed the job market.
I think what will happen instead is that the mandate will get thrown out, but the rest will remain with nothing to pay for it. This will be really bad for Democrats. They will lose a critical revenue stream for the bill with no way to make it up. The cost of the program will explode along with the corresponding federal deficits.
We will all be hosed, but the Dems will have a tough time shedding the blame.
Yep, the weasel is just spinning. Obamacare overturned by the SCOTUS would be a crushing blow for two reasons. First, they would lose their cherished attempt to socialize medicine. Second, some of the independents would begin to see the Democrats for the power-grabbing, lawless punks that they are. Not many, but some. Mostly, the real damage would just be that they could not implement socialized medicine, and now lacking having the House and Senate, no new attempt can be made.
It would be nothing but all kinds of terrible for the Democratic Party to have SCOTUS overturn Obamacare as unconstitutional.