Haley Barbour once said
You know, Napoleon said ‘Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself.’
Which apparently derives from the Napoleon quote:
“…when the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him.”
To paraphrase Mark Twain, I have read the obituaries and reports of the death of the GOP are premature. The prospects for GOP control of not just the House, but all of Congress, are brightening daily because of two ongoing themes: gun control and Obamacare. The damage is self-inflicted.
Gun control is causing gastric reflux for many democrats. Obama is urging them not to get “squishy.” Demcorat fears of GOP control are rising:
Republicans increasingly see the Senate majority as being in play in 2014.
Democrats are defending 20 seats, including seven in states President Obama lost in the last election, and they have seen five of their incumbents retire, raising their bar for holding the upper chamber.
Republicans would have to win six seats to take over the Senate, a sizable number. But in a midterm election year — when a president’s party historically loses congressional seats — GOP confidence is growing.
“The playing field is shaping up to be a positive one for Republicans in 2014,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Brad Dayspring said. Retirements by Democrats such as Sen. Tim Johnson (S.D.), who formally announced Tuesday he would leave the Senate at the end of this term, are helping the GOP, he said.
Dayspring acknowledged winning the Senate won’t be easy: Republicans must get “consensus candidates” and make sure they are ready for battle. In 2012, the GOP entered the election cycle thinking it would win the upper chamber and failed, partly because of flawed candidates.
But he said things are shaping up well for the party this time.
“The playing field and weather conditions are great for us. Now we have to go out and execute,” he said.
An assault weapons ban would not even pass the democrat-controlled Senate. Harry Reid agreed to adding a AW ban only as an amendment to a larger bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this week decided to remove the ban from firearms legislation scheduled for the floor. However, he has promised Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) a floor vote on her assault weapons amendment.
Reid said Tuesday the proposal would not muster 40 votes, and interviews with rank-and-file lawmakers show that seems accurate.
A wave of Democratic defections on the assault weapons ban would not sit well with gun-control and liberal advocacy groups. They warn Democratic senators who vote to kill one of President Obama’s biggest priorities will suffer political repercussions.
Yet Obama keeps ramping up the pressure.
And the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg only adds to the fun when he seems to speak for democrat politicians:
“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom,”
The tsunami that is Obamacare is building and starting to take its toll. It will
Boost insurance costs.
Push millions off employer coverage.
Cause premiums to skyrocket.
Cost people their jobs.
Tax the middle class.
Add to the deficit.
Cost more than promised.
Be a bureaucratic nightmare.
Exacerbate doctor shortages.
Leave millions uninsured.
Obamacare will raise the cost of claims by 32%.
Obamacare costs are exploding.
A “glitch” in Obamacare will price millions of modest income Americans out of health care coverage.
Millions of Americans will be priced out of health insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul because of a glitch in the law that adversely affects people with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by their employers, a leading healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday.
Tax credits are a key component of the law and the White House has said the credits, averaging about $4,000 apiece, will help about 18 million individuals and families pay for health insurance once the Affordable Care Act takes full effect, beginning in January 2014.
The tax credits are geared toward low and middle-income Americans who do not have access to affordable health insurance coverage through an employer. The law specifies that employer-sponsored insurance is affordable so long as a worker’s share of the premium does not exceed 9.5 percent of the worker’s household income.
In its rule making, or final interpretation of the law, the IRS said affordability should be based strictly on individual coverage costs, however.
That means that, even if family coverage through an employer-based plan far exceeds the 9.5 percent cutoff, workers would not be eligible for the tax credits to help buy insurance for children or non-working dependents.
And here comes the best part- Wasserman-Schultz reduced to having to beg the GOP for help in saving democrats from the monster they created.
“The way to improve this law and to address concerns that have come up with it is not to repeal it, not to throw it out, but to simply make modifications to it. It would be wonderful if we had Republican colleagues in our chamber, on the other side of the aisle, who were willing to sit down and do that.”
Pardon me while I ROFLMAO.
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Well, we are starting to find out what’s in it and it gets uglier every day.
In some detachment from reality, Wasserman-Schultz tweeted her thanks to Obama for making health care affordable and was roasted.
The GOP should not sit down and work with democrats to amend Obamacare. They were shut out of the process, they were not afforded any input and they should not allow any changes. They should just let democrats stick Obamacare where the sun doesn’t shine. Barack Obama sees Obamacare as a great achievement but it could ultimately become the albatross of his legacy as the disaster unfolds.
The outlook is promising and the GOP plan is simple. Sit back and pass the popcorn.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.