The meme this election will be 'how to fix obamacare'. The Dems will offer the most generous 'fixes' and responsible modifications will be greeted with"The Republicans want to cut your health care!" by the Dems and the media.
And this deal has nothing to do with that anyway. A shutdown could have been avoided without raising spending above the sequester levels. Until the Leadership and Ryan agreed to this deal. They intentionally made a shutdown inevitable and futile in any attempt to stop the spending increases.
"Battered wife" syndrome indeed...
Republicans dont have to jump into that trap, of calling for that next year.
Bachmann had a great idea : GOP should come out for repealing all the mandates on insurance except the exchanges.
And to say the exchanges are for the *uninsured*
Call it the “Freedom to pick the insurance that is right for you act”
Stick on that for a while. It kills the exchanges and its populist too.
It keeps the focus on Obamacare cancellations.