I am in agreement of three things.
First, the tax “anchor” on the re-election campaign is massive and will be continually brought up. If we were in a decent economy...maybe it’d slide by, but there’s no real recovery underway at present.
Second, as a minimum...the President is now stuck with the law, a Republican House, and a likely 50-member Republican senate in 2013. If the President finds flaws or problems of any nature....he’ll have to negotiate with them to pass the fix. My guess is that a laundry list of free deals will be on the table....to include tax reform, open drilling in the Gulf, and admitting some things on the gun-running episode.
Third and final, the Medicare angle to this entire mess is probably the weakest link. If the older generation is put at risk....it’ll come back in 2014 to be a massive hit on the Democrats in the election of that year.
“President is now stuck with the law, a Republican House, and a likely 50-member Republican senate in 2013”
Nonsense. If Obama wins reelection he’ll very likely regain control of congress and the the march towards socialism will proceed at a much faster pace.