In a crushing blow for Obamacare’s political viability, 71% of Missouri [1] voters opposed Obama’s health care mandate and penalties in a referendum this past Tuesday. 71%!!!!
This was basically a 50/50 state [2] for McCain and Obama in 2008, which means opposition to Obama’s healthcare plan has bled into nearly half of his 2008 base.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s effort challenging the Constitutionality of Obama’s health insurance mandate is moving to hearings this fall.
Here’s the funny part – The mandate in health care was a total flip-flop for Obama. Obama opposed it during the primaries with Hillary Clinton, and he criticized Hillary for favoring it. Now it may be the thing that brings it all down.
(2008) “But the big difference is mandates: the Clinton plan requires that everyone have insurance; the Obama plan doesn’t. Mr. Obama claims that people will buy insurance if it becomes affordable. (NYTimes [3])
Well, that changed mighty quickly, didn’t it?
Just think. If Obama didn’t adopt Clinton’s health care mandate and penalties, his plan would not have Cuccinelli’s lawsuit, 71% losses by referendum, and maybe Obama’s polls wouldn’t be in the basement.
And the lack of a non-severability [4]clause in the health care law means that one missing card brings the whole house of cards down.
Who would’ve thought Hillary would be our Ace in the hole?