Has using the term "Obamacare" backfired on the GOP? I think yes.

[TeamPooka]

They have branded it like Medicare or Social Security and generations will call it Obamacare because it works and they like it.
IMHO.

[efhmc]

1. Only works negatively for them.

[TeamPooka]

13. but aren't they trying to be negative? I think their negativity has failed...

[Curtland1015]

2. As soon as it started taking effect people started liking it.

When they realized the sky didn't turn red and death panels weren't coming to kill their grandmas.

Certainly I blame right wing fear mongers and the M$M the most, but really the left needs to share a little blame too for not getting the facts of Obamacare out sooner.

[TeamPooka]

7. It's all about The PR machine.

we need to keep it working well.

[Nye Bevan]

3. Just as the Soviets intended "Iron Lady" to be an insult to Margaret Thatcher,

and she embraced the term, so it is with "Obamacare". Embrace it and own it.

[russspeakeasy]

4. Absolutely. They didn't factor in his likability factor.

[TeamPooka]

12. Political judo - use their move against them

[Chipper Chat]

14. "Dixie" became a popular tune in the North after the war.

"God Save the King" morphed into "My Country 'Tis of Thee."
And the derogatory "queer" was finally adopted as a badge of pride by the LGBT community.

[TeamPooka]

18. and Yankee Doodle is revered in America too

when it was an insult song from the Brits about us.

[immoderate]

5. It's better than what was before. It's a kludge.

kludge or kluge
n. Slang

1. A system, especially a computer system, that is constituted of poorly matched elements or of elements originally intended for other applications.
2. A clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem.

There's a word that hasn't been heard much lately.

--imm

[Nye Bevan]

6. I like kludges when they save lives (nt)

[immoderate]

10. They are always good.

--imm

Edit to add, it has saved lives, and money, and may well be the path to single payer, the mark of civilization.

[TeamPooka]

16. I hope you are correct

[TeamPooka]

11. chocolate kludge is my favorite.

[avebury]

8. Yes. Obamacare just reinforces that Obama DOES care. nt

[TeamPooka]

20. and Democrats too!

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. Obama cares!

[LeftofObama]

15. I use the term "Obamacare" all the time.

And if I were the President I would wear it as a badge of honor.

[Hugabear]

17. The rethug alternative should be called NOCARE

As in, no medical care at all.

[TeamPooka]

21. :)

[DonRedwood]

19. Obamacares that S makes all the difference

[RZM]

22. I don't think it's necessarily backfired, but it's certainly no longer a pejorative

I don't think the term necessarily hurts them, but the administration's co-option of it has removed any benefits the GOP might have gained from it.

[TeamPooka]

23. If it's not a perjorative they have failed.

[RZM]

24. They were certainly outmaneuvered

I guess it has failed. But I don't think they are taking any damage from it. More like an absence of gains. Of course some would see the absence of gains as damage. It's all how you look at it, I guess.