| | Ted wrote, Obama would veto any repeal. The Republicans could only repeal it with either the same 51% control of the house, 60% control of the Senate, and control of the White House, or, get enough Democrats to vote to override a veto or block all legislation and appointments until Obama caved. The only other hope would be the Supreme Court ruling the law unconstitutional. You are certainly correct, at least for the time being. Hopefully, the legislation will be ruled unconstitutional. I was thinking down the road a bit. Barring such a ruling by the Supreme Court, if we could get a Republican president in 2012, perhaps we could repeal it then without the specter of the president's veto. Unfortunately, the likely Republican candidates are not the most exciting prospects, e.g., Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, and Mitt Romney.
The Republicans had better be careful whom they nominate. Let's hope it's not Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin for obvious reasons, or even Mitt Romney, who supported mandatory insurance for Massachusetts, which raised the cost of health insurance there by 23 to 56 percent. Even the conservative Heritage Foundation, which should know better, supported the Massachusetts mandate. If conservatives don't understand the issue any better than that, we're in trouble. The Republicans really need to get their act together if they're going to win in 2012!
- Bill (Edited by William Dwyer on 3/21, 10:05pm)
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