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I was just thinking that an energetic attack on Obamacare might engender an unexpected outcome -- what happens if they discover that a growing majority of the electorate is increasingly sympathetic to an ever more advanced version (UHC) of it instead? Oops.
According to RealClearPolitics, 51% of Americans are against it. I'm not sure if they're accurate though.
IMO, messaging wont change until Republicans stop running against Obama in late 2018. after those mid terms fixing messaging becomes an option.
That's the elephant in the room. Any replacement will be either woefully inadequate, a huge budget buster, or will bear a striking resemblance to Obamacare. They've went with option four, "we've got a totally awesome patient centered plan and you're gonna love it when you see it......later.....much later. They'll get hounded on details as the campaign progresses. It is a problem they can get by in the primaries but can't solve in the general.
Christie feels he can be the moderate alternative in a very crowded and fractured field.
It's going to depend on where ACA goes financially. They are already taking away the medical device tax (or at least it's in the works). The gov't is going to have to fund this thing somehow. "Affordable" is a legit point of contention with all the reports coming out. IMO, if this thing isn't changed in any substantial way and is just allowed to "be" for a while, folks aren't going to be happy with it. However, the real affects of doing this will probably need to be extended over the next 2-3 years and I doubt law makers will keep their hands out of it for political reasons.
The mandate tax is also unpopular, as is the growing cost of premiums, higher deductibles, and OOP costs. I also don't know if the administration ever reimposed the minimum standards which threw everyone off their plans. My guess is they focus on those elements, if anything. Hillary will be "keeping but revising" the ACA, they can just as well wait to make a deal in any event, but it's true they will need a coherent campaign platform on this from their nominee,
they created the label "obamacare" and will keep using it as long as possible. by adopting "ACA" into the common GOP lexicon would imply some support for it.
I wish he hadn't imploded. Would have liked to see him in the race as a legitimate candidate and a potential alternative to "hold your nose and vote for Hillary."
He's even more of a psycho than I thought. Which genuinely surprises me. Totally get the candidate in "The Dead Zone" vibe from him.
I dunno Todd, it's your hero, Webb, who seems more heavily invested in the Lost Cause movement, more so than any of the GOP candidates.
dont you think it's a little ironic that he's accusing Republicans of pushing the Lost Cause when his hero is doing it?
As one of the older guys, might have some trouble with the HR Derby. Surely you'll lose Fiorina there, but who would be the second?
We have so far:
Well we know Christie wins Contest No. 1.
As I was saying... Trump is now leading the GOP, nationally.
She was married to the President of the US. Without that she doesn't get elected Senator or become a presidential contender or SOS. Same goes for Jeb and his last name btw. The Clintons of course have made their "public" service a private business along the way.
Without Hillary Bill never gets elected.
For lying about his 10 year affair with Gennifer Flowers in a fake Southuhm accent on national tv? Sure I guess he could have married Wendy Vitter instead...
