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Friday, April 02, 2010

Griper Blade: GOP Backs Away From Repealing Healthcare Reform

Healthcare reform is the worst thing ever. It will destroy the economy -- such as it is -- and shutter small businesses. Woe be unto the nation, for surely we are doomed.

Still, there's hope on the horizon. We've got elections in November and, once Republicans run all the Democrats out of office, there won't be any healthcare reform anymore. "Every [GOP] candidate who is running a campaign in November 2010, that will be one of the first questions and the first ads that will want to ask, 'Are your health care costs lower now by virtue of passing this health care bill?' I think the answer to that will be no, they are not," Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn said a few weeks ago. Yup, Republicans are going to run on repeal and no two ways about it.

For his part, President Obama, clearly intimidated by Republican promises to run on repealing his landmark legislation, can't surrender fast enough.

"Be my guest," Obama said in the first of many planned appearances to sell the revamp before fall congressional elections. "If they want to have that fight, we can have it. Because I don't believe the American people are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver's seat."


The president and Democrats are obviously on the run... [CLICK TO READ FULL POST]

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