Adopting GOP labeling of Affordable Health Care Act was always a DUMB move by WH.

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The majority of people in this country get their information about Affordable Health Care Act from broadcast media, and broadcast media is more interested in the entertainment value of the political battle and verbal sparring.

To all here at DU and, especially, to all DC Dems who visit here - STOP calling Affordable Health Care Act by the GOP's term of choice "Obamacare". It was never cute when they did it. It was never cute when Obama embraced it. It sounds ridiculous when ANYONE says it and it unnecessarily puts all Dems in the position of defending Obama when it is the ACT, itself, that needs defending in the media.

What would the polls show if people were asked about the provisions in the Affordable Health Care Act being implemented?

Are pollsters even asking those polled if their state is implementing the AHA?

The longer Dems push "Obamacare" the longer the general public will remain uneducated on the benefits of the Affordable Health Care Act.

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1. GOPers always set the terms & parameters of any issue...

The price you pay for lack of clarity and brevity as to what the Democrat Party is about.

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2. It really doesn't matter if they called it Obamacare or AHA..

Its part of the extreme rights relabeling agenda.. and they are very very good at it.. People going AH HA.. that is why the people have not embraced the AHA or Obamacare are just blowing smoke to watch the rings.

The reason the populace has not embraced Obamacare or stood up time after time asking what does it mean.. even after you explain it to them.. even reporters.. is because the republicans have outspent the democrats 10 to 1 on messaging.. and it was center messaging to the tea party..

Brother Chuck, just is full of himself this AM thinking he will point out a Brand New reason for low poll numbers.

Obamacare was already the language in use..

The truth is.. the right has a bigger megaphone attacking and stopping any agenda the President has put forward..

Big megaphones on our end of the spectrum have been nah nahing an pooh poohing it also//

So for all the screaming and yelling the one person who takes all the heat because he is one person and therefore easy to vent on is the President.. it is tough to vent about congress because there are so many of them.. so the President is target one.

You cannot inform or enlighten or even give a pamphlet to read to those who are already so off in the ether they refuse to listen to anything you say.

This is from the old DU.. someone posted it and I saved it.. explains a lot about human behavior
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/

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3. Had Dems stuck to the facts about AHA, they wouldn't be in such a deep hole now.

Obamacare would be a RW narrative using RW rhetoric. GOP would be seen as the party against the Affordable Healthcare Act by more people.