IndepCentristMA
Well-known member
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2012
- Messages
- 2,110
- Reaction score
- 669
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Centrist
For a long time I had expected the Supreme Court to toss out the ACA, and deem it unconstitutional (as many others feel it should have been).
Now that the Supreme Court ruling upheld the ACA, Obama has what appears as a massive victory on his hands... which prompted him to come out and make a speech, to say this isn't about who won and lost... then reiterated the reasons he thought he won when he initially signed the bill...
However, it may have been best for Obama if the ruling had been tossed out.
Much of the uproar against Obama has been the ObamaCare resentment. Regardless of how you feel about the merits of the bill, it is impossible to deny the furor most Americans had against both the bill and how the bill was pushed through. That animosity is real and palpable. It alone fueled the major candidacy of an otherwise heavily underqualified Santorum to go from no money at all to being close to being the major party opposition candidate to Obama. There is still an awful feeling from that, and now in addition there is animosity over the Supreme Court decision.
This election started as an election over the economy, with no hot-button issues... Romney had a huge lead in vision of who could fix the economy... then job numbers increased slightly and that gap narrowed... But, now there are several hot-button issues... It's an election which is still largely about the economy, but in middle America / the swing states there have now been lines drawn over gay marriage and nationalized healthcare as issues...
On the coasts and in major cities, both of those policies have enthusiastic support, but in most of America, those policies are either loudly derided, or subtly wished to not be discussed because the people find them so appauling, since they go against the beliefs they hold true and felt their country was founded on. In an election as close as this, where so many of these southern bible belt and rust belt states are going to play a key part of the election, and there was already enough distrust of Obama over his handling of the economy, I doubt he can afford the uproar against ObamaCare and gay marriage.
This Supreme Court decision could spell the end for Obama.
Now that the Supreme Court ruling upheld the ACA, Obama has what appears as a massive victory on his hands... which prompted him to come out and make a speech, to say this isn't about who won and lost... then reiterated the reasons he thought he won when he initially signed the bill...
However, it may have been best for Obama if the ruling had been tossed out.
Much of the uproar against Obama has been the ObamaCare resentment. Regardless of how you feel about the merits of the bill, it is impossible to deny the furor most Americans had against both the bill and how the bill was pushed through. That animosity is real and palpable. It alone fueled the major candidacy of an otherwise heavily underqualified Santorum to go from no money at all to being close to being the major party opposition candidate to Obama. There is still an awful feeling from that, and now in addition there is animosity over the Supreme Court decision.
This election started as an election over the economy, with no hot-button issues... Romney had a huge lead in vision of who could fix the economy... then job numbers increased slightly and that gap narrowed... But, now there are several hot-button issues... It's an election which is still largely about the economy, but in middle America / the swing states there have now been lines drawn over gay marriage and nationalized healthcare as issues...
On the coasts and in major cities, both of those policies have enthusiastic support, but in most of America, those policies are either loudly derided, or subtly wished to not be discussed because the people find them so appauling, since they go against the beliefs they hold true and felt their country was founded on. In an election as close as this, where so many of these southern bible belt and rust belt states are going to play a key part of the election, and there was already enough distrust of Obama over his handling of the economy, I doubt he can afford the uproar against ObamaCare and gay marriage.
This Supreme Court decision could spell the end for Obama.