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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)....yeah, he can hammer home the "public option" all thru July, August, September, and October....then in November he'll give it a rest when he moves out to his new beachfront property in Hawaii.
The overturning of the health care law in its entirety, which appears very likely based on Justice Kennedy's comments this morning, will be the end of the Obama presidency because his only major achievement will be gone and he will be severely weakened by such a humiliating defeat.
Barack Obama got in way over his head by going for the presidency so early in his political career. Then he didn't get smart folks to advise him. He totally underestimated the partisanship of the right-wing in America and the fact that the Supreme Court is no longer an independent institution, but a nine-member political body where the judges vote according to their viewpoints, with no concern for the constitution or judicial precedent.