I think the analysis makes sense -
Roberts is fighting strategically. If he gave obozo a straight defeat, he would have handed obozo a scapegoat and all the obots will cry foul against Roberts and come out to vote for obozo;
it appears that Roberts’s ruling on the Commerse clause and the taxing power of congress is in accordance with the Constitution. He might not like congress’s extended taxing power to influence behavior, but he is not the one to protect people from the bad policies of politicians they vote into power. It is up to voters to avoid bad policies by removing the bad politicians.
So his ruling in effect paves the way for us to reppeal this obozocare monstrocity -
1. energize voters to vote out obozo and Dems by exposing obozo/dem’s lies (it is really a tax to influence behavior!)
2. since it is a tax it will be easier to repeal it - it has to originate from the House and it only takes 51 senate votes!
3. once and for all put the ‘commerce clause’ in its place!
In summary - the ruling gives us enough shock to -
vote out obozo; keep the House; gain seats in the senate; vote to repeal obozocare!
This way Roberts himself does not have to face the wrath of the obots (he knows it is much easier to face our wrath than the obots’!)
First, there is nothing in the majority opinion which limits governmental power under the Commerce Clause beyond any existing precedents.
Second, even if there were, there is no reason that could not have been accomplished in a ruling which also overturned Obamacare. Roberts let stand the most vast expansion of government in our history, and if the ruling didn’t stop Obamacare, it is difficult to imagine anything at all that it would stop.
This is about as “strategic” as taking a deliberate safety instead of punting from your own goal-line when you’re only ahead by one point.