GOP’s ongoing election strategy: Obamacare “stinks”

[DonViejo]

The president's poll numbers are low, but the reasons why have less to do with the ACA than Republicans think

JOHN STOEHR, GLOBALPOST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Republicans believe the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is the key to keeping the House and winning the Senate in this year’s midterm elections.

Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters that, “The law stinks, and it’s a disaster. It’s not possible for this not to be the No. 1 issue in the 2014 elections.”

GOP strategists were more enthusiastic when they told the Washington Examiner that President Barack Obama’s health care law was “electoral gold.” They claim Obama’s credibility sustained considerable damage after reports of canceled policies that contravened Obama’s assurances that nothing would change for policyholders. With polls showing his job approval near record lows, the Republicans “question Obama’s ability to fully recover.”

There are good reasons to wonder if he can recover, but there’s far more to it than “Obamacare.” Those same polls show voter approval has been declining for months, long before it was clear that Obamacare’s website was broken, and long before, as Republicans love to say, the president was caught in the lie of the year.

As he has since first taking office, Obama continues to be haunted by the specter of an economy that fails to thrive. It’s probable, given the congressional redistricting, that the Republicans will keep the House. But if they want to take the Senate, they must address Americans‘ bread-and-butter concerns.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/26/gops_ongoing_election_strategy_obamacare_stinks_partner/

[beachbum bob]

1. ACA is a winning strategy for democrats

talk up the benefit part.....

prexisiting condition coverage is a winner
allowing 26ys to be on parents policy is a winner

2014 state of the healthcare site is a winner

states that didn't expand medicare is a winner

make it about the benefits and its a winner

[kairos12]

2. Depriving needy people of health care--a dependable plank in the Rethug platform.