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Starry Messenger

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31. I am not a fan at all of the health care law.

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:29 AM

Jun 2012

But if it is struck down, there are going to be rocky roads ahead for Obama. The right wing would love something of that magnitude to make Obama look like a loser.

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If the health care law is killed on Monday, how will it affect Obama's re-election chances? [View all] Kablooie Jun 2012 OP

Word is Obama will run against the partisan Supreme Court emulatorloo Jun 2012 #1

That's exactly what he'll do. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #28

Beside their obvious political leanings I wonder on what basis they'd overturn. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #2

And wouldn't that be a vote against the big insurance companies.. kentuck Jun 2012 #3

That's what right wing "friend of the court" briefs seem to want. pampango Jun 2012 #13

because the commerce clause that is broad enough to arrest cancer patients for growing their own pot Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #10

It won't change any minds of anyone not intending to vote for Obama Gman Jun 2012 #4

I agree with your first part, but not for independents. The media will give the repugs a free reign still_one Jun 2012 #14

And at the same time Gman Jun 2012 #23

The problem is a lot of Dems ran away from it in 2010, so if the Dems actually have a spin and still_one Jun 2012 #29

The president wants you to have health care. The supreme court wants you to die quickly. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #5

Wrong. The politicians want us to buy health insurance n/t leftstreet Jun 2012 #7

Much like many states in Europe. HuckleB Jun 2012 #11

it's ~european~?? BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #15

Sure. HuckleB Jun 2012 #17

"Much like many states in Europe" area51 Jun 2012 #26

x2 AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #18

Absent health insurance, you won't have care. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #22

The media will be all over this like maggots on spoiled meat. nevergiveup Jun 2012 #6

To be expected, since most of them are maggots. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #19

Every unemployed and under employed kid between the ages annabanana Jun 2012 #8

and how many of those people will be voting /nt still_one Jun 2012 #16

Everyone with "pre-existing conditions" will lose coverage. annabanana Jun 2012 #9

Not exactly. If you are currently insured, and have a pre-existing condition, you cannot be still_one Jun 2012 #21

I dunno. HuckleB Jun 2012 #12

It will not affect him. Voters will still recognize that Rmoney is the worst of the 2 candidates. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #20

Fox news has admitted that it wont do, to just get rid of it. WingDinger Jun 2012 #24

you're very, very concerned. dionysus Jun 2012 #25

The Ins Comps want to PROFIT off the healthy and dump the sick and poor on the Tax Payers KatChatter Jun 2012 #27

No, it returns us to a very unpopular state jeff47 Jun 2012 #30

I am not a fan at all of the health care law. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #31