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Carville: O-Care a winning bet for Dems
The Hill ^ | 04/01/14 | James Carville

Posted on 04/02/2014 9:06:59 AM PDT by Kenny

Earlier this year I took to the pages of The Hill to encourage Democratic strategists to focus on what conditions would look like in November, and not be demoralized by what they look like in February and March. I pushed them to act like they were running the fast break in the NCAA tournament and to throw the lead pass, and to have some confidence that conditions would improve. And it sure does seem, if you look at the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, that the receiver of that pass has moved somewhat.

Focusing on the biggest issue, ObamaCare, we can see in the ABC/Post poll significant gains in support of the healthcare reform law. Although the electorate is split with 49 percent supporting the healthcare law and 48 percent opposing, those are much better numbers than what we saw in November, when an ABC/Washington Post survey found only 40 percent in support of the law and 57 percent in opposition.

Just like two weeks ago, the current numbers are probably going to change, so you have to continue to focus on the trajectory and the destination, which is November. How mobilized will Democratic support be for ObamaCare then?

While the numbers in the ABC/Post poll are looking up and the trajectory is looking better, let’s not get too optimistic without seeing the defense when we throw that lead pass.

After Alex Sink was sunk in the Florida special congressional race in February, my fellow Democratic strategists went back to their get-out-the-vote strategy and feared another 1994 or 2010 landslide election for the GOP. Well, Democratic voters might now be motivated to stand by the administration’s top legislative achievement more than ever — the same ABC/Post poll found that Democratic support for ObamaCare has reached 76 percent, which is up 11 percentage points from January. My fellow Democrats feared we didn’t have a motivating issue ... well, Republican opposition to the law, to no one’s surprise, is at 78 percent.

I like being on the side of healthcare consumer. I think that is a winning argument for Democrats.

This past weekend was the Louisiana Derby, and with the Kentucky Derby on the horizon, I have been making some bets lately. One bet I made recently was with my friend Bill O’Reilly at Fox News, about the future and fate of ObamaCare. He gave the reform law a 25 percent chance of success, and among his colleagues, that might make him the most optimistic. Even on his show I was a critic of the Affordable Care Act rollout. I even called it a “disaster,” which it was. But I took that bet. And now, could somebody say the Congressional Budget Office, the federal government, and administration healthcare officials got the number of enrollees pretty right?

Well, here is a shout-out to those who don’t often get a shout-out: great job.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; democratcare; donkeycare; jackasscare; obamacare; zerocare
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Propaganda everywhere, I've several pieces in NYT, the Post, and major networks on how they've turned this around and what a success it is.

Just hope their constant brain-battering doesn't fool the people - again.

1 posted on 04/02/2014 9:06:59 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: Kenny

Oh really now?


2 posted on 04/02/2014 9:08:16 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Kenny

The thing is, just about everyone I know has at least one friend or family member who has been harmed by Obamacare. Propaganda is useless in the face of that.


3 posted on 04/02/2014 9:10:07 AM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: Kenny

As it so spectacularly successful we should be celebrating it successes. Now more people only work 29 hours per week and have more time to spend at home to tuck in the kids at night. Every Democrat should be boasting of this step forward and claiming their share of credit!


4 posted on 04/02/2014 9:10:55 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Kenny

Koolaid drinkers. FUBAR.


5 posted on 04/02/2014 9:10:58 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Kenny
Who gives a crap what these wastes of skin pundits tell us about anything?

The facts are the facts. The ACA is a disaster for any working person.

6 posted on 04/02/2014 9:11:18 AM PDT by skeeter
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Wonder it feels like to be a liberal…..in the press…..or punditry….knowing that you have to lie your ever loving ass off every single day. These have to be dark, unhappy evil beings.

No way a decent person could even do that, one day, let alone day in day out year in year out.


7 posted on 04/02/2014 9:11:29 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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And I have yet to hear someone say

“The policy I received through the exchange is cheaper, has lower deductibles, offers more doctor and hospital choice than my old crappy policy.”

NOT ONE!


8 posted on 04/02/2014 9:11:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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Carville: O-Care a winning bet for Dems

Then, name me ONE incumbent who's running on that issue, Jimmy.

9 posted on 04/02/2014 9:12:38 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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I like being on the side of healthcare consumer. I think that is a winning argument for Democrats.

i, like many other healthcare consumers, have watched my premiums skyrocket the past three years and benefits drop....the democraps are not on my side...
10 posted on 04/02/2014 9:14:24 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

“punditry….knowing that you have to lie your ever loving ass off every single day. These have to be dark, unhappy evil beings.”

Couldn’t have said it better.


11 posted on 04/02/2014 9:15:20 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Puppage

Never underestimate a democrat’s childlike ability to suspend disbelief for the time it takes to cast a vote.


12 posted on 04/02/2014 9:15:27 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: C. Edmund Wright

They don’t think they’re lying.

They live in an alternate reality.

If directly confronted with this, they react with explosive rage.


13 posted on 04/02/2014 9:17:09 AM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Kenny

That ABC poll is propaganda. Period.

Carville wants to treat it as factual? Fine.

He can go back on CNN and put a trash can on his head again.


14 posted on 04/02/2014 9:17:12 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Mr. Carville, the ONLY thing you should run on is Obamacare. NOTHING else.


15 posted on 04/02/2014 9:19:13 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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Why aren’t the Democrats fed up with being lied to? They do know this lie is for them and not the voter that already knows it’s poison.


16 posted on 04/02/2014 9:19:47 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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So, they will reinstate the employer mandate by the end of the week? How cool is that!

Wait, they’re not going to do that? Why not?


17 posted on 04/02/2014 9:21:00 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Kenny
Propaganda everywhere,

The local news broadcast (KOMO Seattle) ran a opinion survey (not scientific, I know) on whether you trust the government and Obama to manage healthcare.

My last look showed over 65% saying NO.

18 posted on 04/02/2014 9:21:06 AM PDT by llevrok (F the government)
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To: Kenny
Did the Cintons loan their ankle-biter to Obama?


19 posted on 04/02/2014 9:23:05 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The future ain't what it use to be -- Yogi Berra)
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To: Kenny
Just like the 2012 elections... everything is swimmingly, jolly good! Vote Demoncrat to keep it that way... These people are monsters, or lizards in Carville's case
20 posted on 04/02/2014 9:23:56 AM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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