I think as Obamacare rolls out and people get a chance to use it, it will only get worse for Democrats. Premium estimates for 2015 will come out this summer, with expected increases.
WellPoint Inc., parent of California’s leading health insurer in the exchange, Anthem Blue Cross, has already predicted “double-digit-plus” rate increases on Obamacare policies across much of the country.
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
More like it’s a mid-term with a President whose popularity isn’t what it used to be. The opposite party is simply receiving the benefit. The Presidential election is where they’ll crush the GoP.
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Sloth:
Both with OR without Hillary running?
Mufasa
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Either. The nominee will mention Obamacare repeal one time and his campaign will crash.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Mufasa wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
More like it’s a mid-term with a President whose popularity isn’t what it used to be. The opposite party is simply receiving the benefit. The Presidential election is where they’ll crush the GoP.
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Sloth:
Both with OR without Hillary running?
Mufasa
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Either. The nominee will mention Obamacare repeal one time and his campaign will crash.
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Actually I think (and of course this is all opinion) the GOP will be the favorite in 2016 just like the Democrats were in 2008. One of the main reasons (to me) why they lost in 2012 was their primary process and who they ended up running against Obama. Romney was the winner of the JV field and most Republicans didn’t take beating Obama that seriously. The best candidates sat back because they knew he was more popular than the rabid base thought.
We will need a really strong 2 years for the GOP not to be favored in 2016 IF they run one of their better candidates. And by better I mean people who will appeal to more than just the base.
Might have jumped the gun on the Republican infighting going down from Mark Levin’s show. When does this all come to a head? Is this campaign the fight for the soul of the Republican party or does that take place in 2016? And what effect (if any) will a giant GOP victory have on the party in 2014? Will that convince them to stay aligned with some members of the far right base? Or will the more traditional moderate Republican (I hate the term RINO) win out in this battle? Going to be interesting. I actually think Republicans vs. Republicans is more interesting at this point than Republicans V. Democrats.
[quote]So they’re meeting in Las Vegas. Sheldon Adelson. A casino magnate. And the Jewish group, they’re all meeting in there. They have five of them that they invite. They don’t invite Rand Paul, they don’t invite Ted Cruz. But there’s Chris Christie. And there’s Scott Walker. And there’s John Kasich. And there’s [John] Bolton. But, Jeb, he has a special VIP meeting. Oh, yes. A VIP dinner held by Sheldon Adelson. Inside his airplane hanger. But they’re really, really big donors.
And also, he’s been in contact with Mike Murphy. You know that a-hole who’s on TV all the time? To be a Republican or Democrat who pushed for McCain, pushed for Romney. Yeah. Yeah, now he’s pushing Jeb Bush. And so is this fellow Jack Oliver, who is out of the Bush clan too. The The Bushes want a third president. And Hillary Clinton, of course, wants to be the first female president in a jumpsuit. It’s her turn, after all.
What is this, Mickey Mouse country we have here, ladies and gentlemen? Is this the best we can do? Folks don’t remember, but I do, the last year and the last months of the Bush Administration. Absolute disaster. Disaster. It led to Obama’s election and also led to the rise of the Tea Party. It wasn’t just Obama, it was Bush. Oh, and I remember the six years of Bush, the Republican congress. Big, big, big bloated government. And it got bigger and bigger and more and more bloated.[/quote]