Posted on 08/19/2012 1:53:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Obamacare was supposed to be President Barack Obamas legacy. But its looking like a political millstone.
The mammoth and unpopular health insurance overhaul weighed down Democrats in 2010 when Republicans helped turn seniors to their side.
....This could cost us the election,...the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees political director wrote in a fundraising email last week. We have to get the facts out to voters immediately.
.....Right now, Romney might be winning the public-relations war in Florida, according to a poll from Rasmussen Reports,.... Asked which plan scares you more, the poll found 54 percent of Florida seniors said Obamacare, while 34 percent said the Ryan plan. Overall, 48 percent were more scared of Obamacare and 41 percent were more worried about Ryans plan,...
The Ryan-Romney plan would give new recipients a capped subsidy through Medicare to buy private insurance in 2022, and would only impact those who are currently under age 55. That distinction should allay concerns of seniors and those about to retire.
...Many Democrats grouse that, were it not for Obamacare, they wouldnt have faced a senior backlash in 2010 and would have more standing among seniors to attack the Romney-Ryan plan. Democrats hope that Obamacares negatives are old news and that the Romney-Ryan plan will suffer a worse fate in 2012 than Obamacare did two years ago.
Pollster John Zogbyreported a nationwide poll showing the Romney ticket got a Ryan bump of seven points buoyed largely by a surprising increase of Republican-ticket support among 18-29 year old voters.
The irony for Obama is that hes one of the best story tellers that weve seen in the presidency and he happens to be particularly inept in telling the story of Obamacare, Zogby said. Its not that he lost control of the dialogue. He never had it.....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Even I could be a great story teller if I was reading something off a teleprompter that was prepared by a professional speech writer liar.
Look what happens when nobama's crutch is removed: "You didn't build that..."
There is a youtube video, sorry I don't have the link handy, several minutes in length of nobama fumbling over and over when he goes off teleprompter. He's no better than a doofus without his crutch.
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