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Obamacare: The Final Battle
National Review ^ | July 2, 2012 | Avik Roy

Posted on 07/02/2012 8:18:08 AM PDT by centurion316

In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed that there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In the wake of John Roberts’s incoherent Supreme Court flip-floppery, most conservatives appear to find themselves in stage 1 (“Hey, we held the line on the Commerce Clause!”) or stage 2 (“Roberts is a traitor!”). There are some in stage 3 (“If we lay off Roberts, maybe he’ll help us out in the future?”) and a few in stage 4. But the reality is this: Republicans must run the table in November or we will all have to accept the permanence of Obamacare.

Mitt Romney said it best on Thursday. “If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we’re going to have to replace President Obama.” Those who have been sitting on the sidelines, out of complacency or loyalty to someone else from the primaries, must get out of their chairs and get to work. But while that work must end with Mitt Romney in the White House, it must begin with a Republican majority in the Senate.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; obamacare
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To: centurion316

Do you consider Romney spokescritters agreeing with the White House that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is NOT a tax to be the following of sage advice?


21 posted on 07/02/2012 9:50:40 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (GHWB gave us Souter. W gave us Roberts. Can we risk Jeb in the White House?)
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To: HarryCrowel
2008: Obama will loose worse than McGovern. No question.

Where did you ever see a prediction like that? Was it yours? There was no way a republican would inflict a McGovern-like defeat on any dem in 2008 after 8 years of Bushitler. I never saw any serious prediction that said Obama would lose in 2008 in a landslide. Most predictions accurately predicted Obama winning.

22 posted on 07/02/2012 10:05:46 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: axxmann

I heard you the first time. Most observers believe that repeal in a Republican led Senate could be achieved through the reconciliation rules, requiring a simple majority and not subject to filibuster. But, repeal will require a Republican House, Senate, and White House. Lose one and Obamacare stands.


23 posted on 07/02/2012 11:15:11 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry
Do you consider Romney spokescritters agreeing with the White House that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is NOT a tax to be the following of sage advice?

I believe the gentleman was agreeing with Justice Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy, not with the White House. To agree that it was a tax would be to agree that the law was constitutional.

24 posted on 07/02/2012 12:41:48 PM PDT by etcb
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To: alloysteel

No I do not have to pay a tax I do not use. From this day on. I will simply pay up front for medical cost.


25 posted on 07/03/2012 7:02:22 AM PDT by DMG2FUN
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