Although the repeal effort is a justifiable attempt to end the legal plunder of Obamacare, the Senate battle, leading up to a vote this afternoon, has also become about holding those that would adhere to the lawlessness of this indignant legislation accountable, and simply stated, “Make Them Own It!”
“Vulnerable Dems on hot seat as failure looms on healthcare repeal” by Alexander Bolton
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/141731-vulnerable-dems-to-be-on-the-hot-seat-as-health-repeal-failure-expected
And ‘making them own it’ is precisely what is expected to happen, as Republicans will surely fall short of the required 60 votes needed to pass the repeal amendment, particularly since a separate amendment is being offered to “give political cover to endangered Democrats”. One such Democrat is the ‘conservative-sounding’ Joe Manchin. Here’s a great example of the manipulation of the Democrat electorate:
“The president’s plan — ‘Obamacare,’ as it’s been called — is far too reaching. It’s overreaching. It needs to have a lot of it repealed,” Manchin said in October. “If you can’t fix that, repeal the whole thing.”
Manchin said through a spokeswoman Tuesday that he would not vote to repeal the entire law, however.
Now, he’ll of course get a pass on this because he’s a Democrat, but just worth pointing out exactly how entrenched the Left is in keeping this jobs-killing, budget-busting legislation intact, which is also expressed in every rhetorical argument against Republicans attempt to repeal the beast (e.g., “taking away your healthcare”, “for the insurance companies”, etc.).
Whichever way this turns out in this evening’s vote, we should all take note that this is a formal attempt to repeal a law that is “officially not the law of the land” as declared by a federal judge.
“The Legal Future of Obamacare” by Peter Ferrara
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/02/the-legal-future-of-obamacare
“…Senate Republicans should still force a vote on the House repeal, which is even more likely to win assent now. Obamacare will decline even further in the polls as the public increasingly recognizes its unconstitutionality, and even fewer Senate Democrats will be willing to fall on their political swords for an increasingly doomed cause.” This is a bit more optimistic than I can be, especially after how many cases of harikari were committed in the midterm election, but as the old adage goes: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!”
UPDATE: And now they OWN it! A straight party line vote just took place in the Senate (51 - 47) against the repeal of Obamacare...not a single Democrat voted for repeal. Remember this in November of 2012...
