True dat.......self immolation.
The same arguments were made about McCain/Feingold. It’s there in name only. The guts of it have been taken out and done away with. That’s why Obama wants the Congress to consider a new bill because the old one is effectively gone.
What the Democrats have done is create a firestorm. Leading up to this vote, the Democrats have created more conservatives than the Republicans could have ever hoped to. Now that its enacted and people will be directly affected by it. Seniors losing Medicare benefits, lower income people losing their jobs over this, they will create even more conservatives. People are involved like never before. This health care crap has changed the whole political paradigm as we knew it before and the old rules don’t apply. They have attempted to govern against the wishes of the American people. The American people will not stand for it. This will utltimately be gutted.
The title of the thread (and the underlying article) concerns Congressional "repeal" not judicial "gutting." I agree there is a really good chance that the SCOTUS will eventually invalidate large portions of the law before it actually goes into effect, and as result, the remaining portions will be meaningless. The big question is whether a judge will issue a preliminary injunction barring the tax increases that go into effect immediately while the constitutional issues work through the court system.
As for repeal by act of Congress -- It's not going to happen, not as long as we have the likes of Collins, Snow, Graham, and McLame on our side.
“What the Democrats have done is create a firestorm. Leading up to this vote, the Democrats have created more conservatives than the Republicans could have ever hoped to. Now that its enacted and people will be directly affected by it. Seniors losing Medicare benefits, lower income people losing their jobs over this, they will create even more conservatives. People are involved like never before. This health care crap has changed the whole political paradigm as we knew it before and the old rules don’t apply. They have attempted to govern against the wishes of the American people. The American people will not stand for it. This will utltimately be gutted.”
CORRECT.
True dat.......self immolation.