President Obama and the left won a seemingly monumental victory last week, when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding the Affordable Care Act. Although Democrats have been celebrating the health care reform law's continued survival, the SCOTUS ruling may in fact spell trouble for the president's re-election campaign among independents and the middle class.
Polls conducted over the weekend by Rasmussen Reports show that 52% of Americans favor repealing Obamacare, and 49% believe the law is bad for the country. Half of all independent voters favor repeal, and while the lowest-earning demographic opposes repeal by 47%, a whopping 67% of folks in the middle class (earning between $40 and $60k per year) favor repealing the law.
The Obama campaign cannot be jumping for joy over numbers like this. It seems the public opinion is anything but in line with the Supreme Court. Call it a penalty or a tax, a majority of American's do not approve of Obamacare. Rather than bolstering the president's campaign, the SCOTUS ruling appears to have lit a fire under voters on the right, and thoroughly rebuffed independents. And conservatives are putting their money where their mouth is. ABC reports that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised over $4 million in donations in the 24 hours after the health care ruling.
Could the SCOTUS ruling be the death knell of President Obama's second term? With the middle class expected to shoulder an estimated 75% of the Obamacare tax burden, it could happen.
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Actually, it was not upheld by SCOTUS; it was rejected, and then re-written. So, you've hit the nail...and Obama's lie about Taxes, and "not one thin DIME!" has been exposed for what it was...A LIE. And, I further agree...what ever we choose to call it, it is and has been rejected by a majority of the American People for the sham that it is. Most Americans know precisely what it is; a powergrab, and a massive wealth-redistribution scheme.
Good write, Bailey.
You are 100% right... ;Roberts employed all sorts of judicial activism in the SCOTUS ruling, completely rewriting the law. My question is this: how can the law be called a tax? Didn't it originate in the Senate? Aren't appropriations bills required to start in the House?
Silly me, I forgot we no longer consult the Constitution...
Laughs!
Yes! Silly You! Consult the Constitution? What (in Gods name) is THAT!?
Yes; Roberts' decision was an atrocious one, and one designed, no doubt, to protect the "reputation" of the Judiciary vis-a-vis Leftist University "scholars" and the "journalism" Media. He'd have been crucified...
Ah! Well-done, again, Bailey...you know your stuff. Indeed; Appropriations Bills, Constitutionally, must have their genesis in the House...but then, the "constitutional scholar" abhors The Constitution. Something else Roberts was well-aware of...
We're in deep, deep, deep trouble, Bailey. The Rulers of this Once-Great Nation hate The Constitution, and what She stands for...
Neither could they grab their own ass with both hands.
Conversely, doesn't that mean he/SCOTUS would loose reputation with the rest of us? (So why would that me his reason? Let's face it, he is a "big government republican", appointed and approved by "big government republicans", why is anyone surprised?) They already did with me; I hope this decision will help others reach the same conclusion.
I agree Matthew, and am painfully aware of "big government" "republicans." I was calling out Bush before you'd finished breakfast. So, please, Sir...stop assuming that I am unaware of the Elite Ruling Class in this Country, what the B.S. codespeak "compassionate conservatism" means, and that you are the Sage of all...
Yes, that is also implied in my response. He avoided fallout, or should I say invited it, from both sides. By re-writing this abomination, he virtually threw it back into the laps of the People, to decide what kind of Country we wish to live in.
By re-writing it, he's made the liar prez look the fool he is. By re-writing it, he's angered those who love the Constitution. This unConstitutional Ruling, his re-write, and the coming fallout with regard to the Election and future Judicial nominations will be the arbiter of who, in the long run, despises him, or no.
Regardless of who's right and who's wrong - the middle class will pay for it all, as we always do.
It could have been Roberts intent all along, secure the Interpretation of the commerce clause and hand Obama a defeat next fall by upholding the bill, as a Republican super majority is elected this election and Obamacare is repealed the following year.
The 2010 elections brought 700+ additional Republicans to public office with the health care debate being the primary motivator in getting people to the polls....Looks like it's gonna be another good election cycle.