Posted on 06/25/2015 10:29:21 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson
Even as Republicans rose in a chorus of outrage Thursday over the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to gut the unpopular Affordable Care Act, party leaders were privately breathing a sigh of relief.
Had the court gone the other way, Republicans would have faced their most serious governing challenge since taking control of both houses of Congress earlier this year.
Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie called it “a bad legal outcome, but a good political outcome” for Republicans. But he added that it will increase pressure on his party to come up with a specific alternative to the law ahead of the 2016 elections.
Pollster David Winston, who advises the GOP congressional leadership, said, “Ultimately, the challenge for Republicans is not just how to deal with this law, but where’s the direction? Where are the alternatives?”
More than 6 million Americans — most of them in conservative states — would have suddenly been without the government subsidies that make health insurance affordable under the act.
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Dec 7th, 1941, is number four?
car insurance, too. COMMUNISTIC !!
I lost relatives on that date, but I rank it number four. That was an outside attack, and we believed at the time that our industrial capacity would eventually defeat the Japanese Navy. Today we have no reason to be confident in the outcome of this battle. Totalitarianism may win, and we have nothing on our side beyond the strength and courage of conservative Americans. Our odds are at best 50-50 for the first time since we defeated the British in two consecutive wars.
Yes. Almost makes we want to sit on my hands and watch it go to hell. But I care too much, so I’ll keep mouthing off to those I can, support who I can, and pray for everyone and for repentance.
Not LIABILITY insurance. The rest could be optional.
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