White House To Boehner: Obamacare Not Part Of Fiscal Cliff Deal
Source: Huffington Post
The White House and congressional Democrats are balking at the idea, floated by House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday, that changes to the president's signature health care law should be on the table during lame-duck talks over taxes and the deficit.
An administration official told The Huffington Post that the president would oppose involving the Affordable Care Act in the negotiations taking place to stave off the so-called "fiscal cliff." A top Senate Democratic aide called the idea "absolutely" a non-starter.
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The comments came in response to an op-ed, written by Boehner for the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which he declared that the Affordable Care Act "has to stay on the table as both parties discuss ways to solve our nation’s massive debt challenge."
The speaker has made this point before, holding 33 votes during the past two years to wipe the law from the books. His appetite for this specific fight seemed to wane a bit after the 2012 elections, when he told ABC News that Obamacare was now the law of the land. But he quickly walked back that remark, and his op-ed ends the talk, for the time being, that House Republicans have given up on the idea of full repeal.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/boehner-obamacare-fiscal-cliff_n_2171564.html
The House Republicans have apparently decided to triple down on crazy. I guess there plan is to be even less productive than the 112th Congress, hope that Americans don't turn out and blame Democrats for the poison atmosphere in D.C., then with the help of SuperPAC money in a midterm election, take over the Senate. So, watch the Republicans get even more racist, anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-tax than before, and hope that Americans and the media give them a free pass and blame Democrats for not being bi-partisan enough.
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DUers here wailing that President Obama has put ObamaCare on the table cuz the media and Boehner said so. 
And then the threats will follow . . . but there's no more threatening holding out their vote for him. Instead, they have to attack other Democratic voters and discredit Democratic pols. Too bad for them, President Obama was well aware of their temper tantrums and fickle natures (he got a good taste of it in 2010 although they all SWEAR they had voted for him, heck, even canvased for him and registered new voters for him - uh-huh) and that's why he solved that problem by broadening his voting coalition. I bet that strategy made them plenty angry.
who clearly can't stand President Obama, and when I fight back, I'm the one creating a division within our community. Is that how it works in your upside world?
Everyone has a right to express their views and thoughts, and NOWHERE in my post can you claim that I've stated otherwise, but it's pretty clear you don't believe that's a two-way street. Why? Am I not worthy? 
How about you take your own advice and YOU stick to the point and discuss issues instead of attacking ME, a fellow DUer, on this board? It would lend more credibility to your oh so sage advice.
...didn't he just say the other day that "Obamacare is the law of the land"? Republicons' really do seem to be insane. Flip-flopping all over the place. Do you think they are just being facetious? Teasing us with silliness? What gives with these people????
The election proved that Obamacare is popular and that you are not.
Not only did President Obama win the electoral vote by a WIDE margin, he also won more than 52% of the popular vote - and that percentage is still going up as the last votes are being counted. The GOP may still be in the majority in the House, but by a quite a few seats less than before.
All that Dems have to do is simply to sit tight for the New Congress to be sworn in. Perhaps there are a few Rs whose re-elections were a LOT tougher than they expected who might see the handwriting on the wall once some of the crazies like Walsh and West are totally outta there. I'm not seriously expecting much, if any, of that because there are still too many crazy Rs left. But one can always hope for a mild outbreak of sanity in the GOP, even if that is extremely unlikely.
But you, your colleagues-in-arms and Norquist just do NOT "get" it. It wasn't just your messengers, although they were indeed awful.
It was the entirety of your message. 
He's actively involved in resolving tricky foreign policy issues and proceeding with his domestic initiatives. All this while telling the Rethugs to stick it.
Tell them it's your way or we roll back the Reagan tax cuts!!! 
