Massive victory for Obama

[LynneSin]

74. I'm not kidding at all

First, what do you think happens if SCOTUS overturns this and millions of seniors suddenly have a jump in their prescription plan costs and millions of young people lose their healthcare. That would be an even worse black eye for the GOP. Obama was smart to get parts of the ACA started almost immediately because he knew the more people who were benefitting from ACA the harder it would be to repeal.

The GOP likes their 'boogieman' and for them this year it's 'Obamacare'. YOu get rid of it you get rid of their rallying call. And you're right - they can't repeal Obamacare but what they can do is layer their own healthcare reform on top of it to really fuck things up.

And finally the GOP has SCOTUS as a boogieman too because they'll talk about how it's 'making laws' and how it's stacked and will remind people that 3-4 of those justices could be retiring in the next 4 years - do you want Obama as president or Romney.

If Kennedy has sided with the progressive justices I probably wouldn't have thought this way - Kennedy is notorious for being the swing vote on the court. But it was Roberts, the man hand picked by George W. Bush to lead the SCOTUS in the 21st century for a couple of decades. Roberts took the hit and crossed over to save the GOP Boogieman.

Instead of getting out the champagne I would rather get out and work harder to get Obama re-elected. Roberts gave the GOP a gift and anyone who doesn't see that is crazy.