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NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd had words of caution on Sunday for Republicans cheering the Supreme Court's controversial decision on birth control in the Hobby Lobby case.
Many conservatives were celebrating when the court recently ruled that Hobby Lobby and other "closely held" corporations cannot be required to cover contraception for employees under the Affordable Care Act. Speaking on Sunday's "Meet the Press," however, Todd warned that the decision could potentially backfire for Republicans.
The ruling gives Democrats an issue to campaign on, he said.
"Normally ... the social conservative movement used to quietly hope for losses on the Supreme Court because it gave them a political reason for existing, it gave them something to campaign for, it gave them somebody to beat up on the courts. What was fascinating post-Hobby Lobby is how frankly excited Democratic campaigns are acting, where it's like 'We have something to run on here on the left,'" Todd said.
Todd suggested the backlash is already apparent among white women ages 40 to 55, who will be crucial swing voters in this year's midterm elections. "These are the women that in 2010, they were leaning Republican at this time," he said. "This time, they haven't been."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/06/chuck-todd-hobby-lobby-republicans_n_5561488.html
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)"Illegals,"
"Womens voting rights,"
"Gay American citizens,"
"Fetus worship,"
"Their gun fetish,"
"Abolishing a Minimum Wage,"
"Abolishing Unions,"
"Abolishing Dept. of Education,"
"Deregulating EVERYTHING,"
"Abolishing Health Care,"
"WAR WAR WAR,"
"Imposing Biblical law (it's the Fundy's version of Sharia law, only the King James version of it...)",<--actually, Hobby Lobby will try to do this very thing!
etc.,
etc.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)that should make people realize they are picking the WRONG fight.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Taking away rights of the individual isn't a Republican problem?
alp227
(32,005 posts)"But more importantly, it would be stuff that Republicans have successfully messaged against (Obamacare). They don't repeat the other stuff because they haven't even heard the Democratic message. What I always love is people say, 'Well, it's you folks' fault in the media.' No, it's the President of the United States' fault for not selling it." http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chuck-todd-it-s-not-media-s-job-to-correct-gop-s-obamacare-falsehoods-video