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Related: About this forumHow to silence GOP nuts — and stop the Obamacare repeal campaign
One still-plausible scenario could stop attacks on the president's "You can keep it" comment dead in its tracks
BRIAN BEUTLER
Nobody, not even President Obama is pretending that the rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been anything but a debacle.
Reading headlines in the national press, though, youd get the impression that repeal is right around the corner. For that to be true, though, several dozen House Democrats and over a score of Democrats in the Senate would have to be willing to vote with Republicans to override a veto. And even under these miserable circumstances, only 39 House Dems, overrepresented by representatives of swing districts, voted with Republicans for the so-called Upton bill, to allow health insurance carriers to restore canceled policies and sell them to new comers outside of the Obamacare exchanges. A bad bill, but not full repeal
Dems arent anywhere close to a tipping point, even if things dont get better soon. Just to be sure though (and at the risk of being meta) I asked Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn, about this on MSNBC this Saturday. Heres what he had to say.
Theres enough Democrats who politically are going to support the president, philosophically are going to support the law [that] I cant see a veto proof number coming up, he said. I just dont see that happening. But youve gotta remember, we just put off the budget, put off the sequester, we didnt cure that problem we put it off. So youve got some real problems coming up in January and in December with budget numbers and the sequester. So theres a lot of problems that can arise. But the bottom line is that Democrats are going to be vulnerable to Republican attacks on the Affordable Care Act regardless. I understand why those 39 voted the way they did. But I think the rest of the caucus is pretty strong and will stick with the president and support him and support the Affordable Care Act.
Full article + video:
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/18/how_to_silence_gop_nuts_and_stop_the_obamacare_repeal_campaign/
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How to silence GOP nuts — and stop the Obamacare repeal campaign (Original Post)
DonViejo
Nov 2013
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Steve Cohen represents a pretty liberal district in Memphis with a fairly large black and Hispanic
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2013
#2
I think he was in an adjoining district and the GOP "redistricted" the area to pit two
SharonAnn
Nov 2013
#6
Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that. Such a shame! He's one of the good ones!!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2013
#7
Sedona
(3,769 posts)1. I silenced my teabagger mom
I asked her why she would want her daughter and granddaughters to lose their insurance.
She's still all about impeachment though
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)2. Steve Cohen represents a pretty liberal district in Memphis with a fairly large black and Hispanic
population. I believe he's also Jewish and is pretty liberal himself. He knows that he cannot turn his back on this president. (This was the seat once held by Harold Ford, Sr. and Jr. Note that Harold Ford, Sr. was much more liberal than his DLCer son.)
SharonAnn
(13,776 posts)6. I think he was in an adjoining district and the GOP "redistricted" the area to pit two
incumbent Dems against each other in the primary and thereby get rid of one.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)7. Oh yeah! I had forgotten about that. Such a shame! He's one of the good ones!!!
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)3. Why would they want people to lose the plans they just got
When they have been so incensed over President Obama's inability to promise that everybody could keep their plan?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)4. As soon as Benghazi disappeared...it's all they have at the present. Steady strong and unapologetic.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)5. I agree 100%
They simply have no positive policies/agenda to run on.