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What happened to āGOP canāt be the party of NOā?
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Iām shocked! SHOCKED! that the GOP wouldnāt act.
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Would this be the impetus to turn some of those red states blue? Or at least get some of these Republican bozos booted from Washington in '16?
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Wondering how the teaPub voters are feeling about their slavish devotion ?
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Republicanās weapon of choice is stalemate. They win by not losing, while we lose by not winning.
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Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-The oNe percent) now competing for most punchable face in the Senate.
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It is this that makes the Rās choices so poisonous (and their contortions so delicious to watch), to either the party or the country, and they have to decide who matters most.
If they simply āfixā Obamacare, theyāll anger their right wing that wants the party to focus solely on repealing the law. If they do nothing, they invite blame for making health care unaffordable for millions of Americans ā including some of their own constituents.
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Act quickly while heās still in his 15-minute period of fame
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If the Supreme Court rules against the ACAās subsidies and the Republicans simply let the nationās health insurance system crash and burn, the Democrats should make it THE major campaign issue in 2016. It could guarantee the Democrats will retake the House, Senate, and presidency. The Republicans made a big deal out of the fact that five million people temporarily lost coverage when their substandard insurance policies were cancelled. Itās going to be a much bigger deal if six or seven million people lose coverage PERMANENTLY because they cannot afford insurance without the subsidies and millions more see their insurance rates skyrocket in the ensuing chaos.
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Brilliant strategery! Please proceedā¦
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Theyāre trying to shift responsibility to the minority party so they can oppose any suggested fixes.
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*** āIf it creates a shock to the system by causing 5 million Americans suddenly to put their insurance and their subsidies at risk, then we need to think if thereās anything we need to do. Maybe thereās not.ā***
well, there it is. he couldnāt be more clear in his contempt and unconcern for the people of this country.
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I seems to me that all these GOP politicosā gleeful pronouncements about not fixing the ACA; should the SCOTUS gut it; and otherwise taking pre-ruling āvictory lapsā anticipating a ruling in their favor; are making it so much harder for Roberts and gang to do the foul deed and kick it back to Congress while maintaining āno shame of the faceā.
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Well, it might make āMedicare for Allā sooner than later.
At the cost of a few dead constituents. But for most ārāsā that appears to be a small price for someone (else) to pay for victory over Obama.
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Heās dog-whistling to the conservatives on the SCOTUS. The GOP doesnāt know how to fix it without infuriating their base. Their only āoutā is for the SCOTUS to rescue them by supporting the ACA (probably 5-4).
just like the autopsy report after 2012ā¦it died
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And maybe enough Americans will finally get angry enough to vote the GOP out of Congress.
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Theyāll say itās Obamaās fault that the law is a ātrain wreckā just like they predicted. But I think most people will notice that it was the the bolder the Republicans rolled onto the tracks that caused the derailment.
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That is the other lose, of the lose/lose situation the obstructionist Republicans have backed themselves into.
They still got nuthinā, they still want nuthinā and they still blame everyone else for it.
They should hold guns to their own heads and beg for us to hold them back. That one always works. Doh!
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