Dems Think Unconstitutionality of ObamaCare Is a Positive

After two consecutive days of disastrous oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the Democrats and supporters of ObamaCare are starting to sense that all or part of that law will be struck down on a constitutional basis. So, now, those like James Carville and Harry Reid are out spinning the possibility of a loss into a good thing for the Democrat Party and Barack Obama. The basis of this belief is three-fold. First, they feel that Americans will see a decision to strike down ObamaCare as a primarily political one by a Republican dominated Supreme Court. As a consequence, they foresee the House and Senate Republicans being swept out of office in the fall. Secondly, Barack Obama will be able to win reelection because he, too, can blame a Republican Supreme Court. And, thirdly, Americans will vote against the Republicans because the they have provided no alternative to ObamaCare; leaving millions without health care.

This is just so much spin. The Democrats seem to forget that a majority of Americans don't want ObamaCare. At the same time, most believe it to be unconstitutional. Further, many realize that ObamaCare went well beyond the two primary goals of that law: (1) to provide health insurance coverage for those millions of Americans who are either uninsured or uninsurable; and, (2) to bend the cost curve down; making health insurance more affordable for all. However, if anything, it will force millions to lose their employer-provided insurance and the doctors they trust. On top of that, insurance premiums are still rising and are expected to rise even faster; once ObamaCare is fully implemented in 2014.

Instead of all that Dem spin, I'm of the belief that a constitutional slap-down will hurt the Democrats for a variety of reasons. Psychologically, Americans will come to the conclusion that ObamaCare was a bad law if it is struck down. It will show that it was hurriedly passed by the Democrats and Obama without taking into consideration its constitutionality, and, it will reinforce the belief that forcing people to buy health insurance is just wrong. For those reasons, along with the massive cost of ObamaCare, I think it will be the Democrats, not the Republicans, who suffer at the polls this Fall.

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