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How much will Obamacare hurt Dems in 2014?
American Thinker ^ | 04/08/2013 | Rick Moran

Posted on 04/08/2013 7:29:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

There are two schools of thought on whether the implementation of Obamacare will be a drag on Democratic fortunes in 2014 - especially in the Senate.

Both are legitimate scenarios. The first theorizes that no matter how bad things get in the implementation of Obamacare, that the president and Democrats will turn the tables and successfully blame Republicans for the snafus by claiming they obstructed the smooth roll out of the law.

The reality is that the GOP is a stink bomb in the public's mind right now and they may be willing to believe anything Democrats say about them.

On the other hand, not one single GOP lawmaker voted for Obamacare, and the bill's flaws will be seen as built in to the legislation, regardless of how it was rolled out. This is also plausible especially if Republicans can consistently portray this albatross as an exclusive Democratic property.

One reason a lot of people are starting to think that the second scenario is more plausible is the way that Democrats are starting to criticize the law.

The Hill:

Democrats complained this week about a one-year delay in a key program designed to help small businesses -- a central selling point for the healthcare law that now won't be in place when voters head to the polls next year.

"Senate Republicans will have the opportunity to campaign against Obamacare's rising health care costs, burdensome paperwork and broken promises and could use it to motivate voters against Democrat candidates, especially vulnerable ones in red states," Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014; democrats; elections; nodemocrats2014; obama; obamacare
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To: whitedog57
They ALL donned hoodies after Trayvon Martin.

Maybe we should all sit in baby strollers to memorialize the Brunswick, Georgia murder. (Or did the infant attack first?)

21 posted on 04/08/2013 8:08:22 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Their overreach on guns is what is REALLY going to cost them.


22 posted on 04/08/2013 8:09:52 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The infant was a “white Hispanic” and therefore deserved to die, in the media’s eyes. That story has disappeared at least for the time being, along with the story of the white grade-school boy who died after being attacked by two black students in Philadelphia.


23 posted on 04/08/2013 8:24:32 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Haven’t you heard? All that stuff is the ‘Pubbies fault, caused by “The Great Sequester” and their general failure to support our Great Leader.
If you haven’t, you will by election time 2014...


24 posted on 04/08/2013 8:54:16 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: ScottinVA
...the Repubs fail miserably at rebutting the lies that pour out, especially at election time. They need to be on an all-out truth offensive NOW.

Go on Hannity, get a few articles in the Washington Examiner, talk it up on Limbaugh. Unfortunately that just isn't enough. The Dems own the comm channels and until we buy, steal or otherwise get them back I think we and this country are in deep you know what.

25 posted on 04/08/2013 9:23:56 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: SeekAndFind

The country wouldn’t be having this discussion if the Republidouches would have just defunded it in the continuing resolution...

I have a feeling that the R’s “strategy” is to let it run amok long enough to smear stink on Demonrats, which I consider to be a highly risky strategy given their (R’s)awesome propensity to turn political capital into dog poo and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory consistantly.


26 posted on 04/08/2013 9:28:33 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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