PrintSeptember 14, 2010
November Is Just the Beginning
It's beginning to look like the Republicans will win both Houses of Congress this fall. But a Republican Congress won't be enough repeal the disaster of ObamaCare. President Obama will be able to veto any repeal effort at least through 2012. And even with a Republican president in 2013, Democrats may still be able to filibuster a repeal bill. So what's the point?The point is that from now until its actual repeal, in three years or thirty, ObamaCare is going to be an issue that cuts against the Democrats.Remember how it used to feel when a big issue cut against Republicans? For years, Democrats had been demanding expansion of Medicare benefits to include prescription drugs for our seniors. Every time they brought it up, Republicans would go into a protective cringe. But then President Bush pushed his Medicare prescription plan through Congress in 2003, and the issue has since gone away. You may not like Bush's huge entitlement expansion, but we will look back at Medicare Part D...(Read Full Article)
