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Top Dem pollster: 'Don't defend' Obamacare, call it 'flawed from the beginning'
WashingtonExaminer ^ | 25 Mar 2014 | PAUL BEDARD

Posted on 03/26/2014 7:37:13 AM PDT by shove_it

One of the nation's leading Democratic pollsters and strategists is urging embattled House and Senate incumbents to abandon their defense of Obamacare and instead pledge to “fix it.”

Celinda Lake, whose firm Lake Research Partners provided the Democratic analysis of the new George Washington University Battleground Poll released Tuesday morning, summed up her advice to Democrats when it comes to Obamacare: “Don't defend it.”

(video at link)

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014election; demsobamacare
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Abandon ship!
1 posted on 03/26/2014 7:37:13 AM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it

Wow. That’s a big shift.

Anyone who voted for it will not benefit from this, though, because it will be pinned right back on them. For those who were not there, they might be able to shuck and jive with this issue enough to cloud the waters.


2 posted on 03/26/2014 7:39:27 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: shove_it
'Don't defend' Obamacare, call it 'flawed from the beginning'

...and be prepared for the follow-up question: If it was 'flawed from the beginning', why did you vote for it in a process filled with bribes, "shell bills" and an American populace melting down your phone lines to tell you we didn't want it?
3 posted on 03/26/2014 7:39:57 AM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: shove_it

ONLY the GOP can blow the opportunity this presents. Look for Republicans to join the “Fix It” movement. Too funny.


4 posted on 03/26/2014 7:40:02 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: shove_it
All it takes is a few Democrats to join the Republicans to vote to repeal it. I don't see even the most vulnerable of them lining up to do it so their "abandonment" of Obamacare is obviously crap.
5 posted on 03/26/2014 7:41:12 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: LostInBayport

Yep! That ought to be a good way to get rid of those political hooligans ... :-) ...


6 posted on 03/26/2014 7:41:44 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: shove_it

Desperation time. This is isn’t about saving the president or congress in 2014. It’s about keeping the Democratic Party viable for 2016 and saving Hillary’s presidential bid.


7 posted on 03/26/2014 7:43:46 AM PDT by dowcaet
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“We should have read it first to find out what was in it.”


8 posted on 03/26/2014 7:47:34 AM PDT by windsorknot
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Hell, they don't need to defend it now. Boner and The Turtle are doing that for them.

Smart move, huh?

9 posted on 03/26/2014 7:48:49 AM PDT by OKSooner ("As the riders went on by him, he heard one call his name...")
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To: LeonardFMason

Yes, exactly.


10 posted on 03/26/2014 7:49:29 AM PDT by OKSooner ("As the riders went on by him, he heard one call his name...")
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To: LeonardFMason
Look for Republicans to join the “Fix It” movement.

Ditto that. Reaching across the isleism.

11 posted on 03/26/2014 7:50:45 AM PDT by shove_it (my real nickname is Otter)
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To: shove_it

Call it “DESIGNED TO FAIL”

It IS the mechanism to pave the way for “SINGLE PAYER AS THE ONLY SOLUTION”!

The plan is to keep O’care around long enough to DESTROY PRIVATE INSURANCE.


12 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:02 AM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: KarlInOhio
All it takes is a few Democrats to join the Republicans to vote to repeal it. I don't see even the most vulnerable of them lining up to do it so their "abandonment" of Obamacare is obviously crap

Nero is not going to sign off on any repeal legislation. There is not a veto proof Majority either in the house or Senate even if the Rinos take control of the Senate this fall. It will take having all three branches in Republican Control and even then there will be the John McCain types that will play their hand to fug it up even more. (think Gang of eight) Count on it.

13 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:09 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: shove_it

Rip it out.
Nothing less.


14 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:20 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: windsorknot

Remember what happened?
I believe his name was Scott Brown - broke the dems’ 60 vote supermajority in the Senate.

They couldn’t take the time to read it, or it wouldn’t have passed. Which was the People’s reason to elect Scott Brown in the first place - to stop it.


15 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:47 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: shove_it
Call it what it really is....a scam. Just a kitty similar to Medicare.

I see the next step coming and the Dems will help.

THEN, they will add a new tax for all based on income....call it Mediscam. So we will have deductions for SS, Medicare and Mediscam.

This thing is so screwed up and it will only get worse.

16 posted on 03/26/2014 7:51:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: G Larry

There is a common theme in Obama’s policies,
and it’s not to raise up the “downtrodden”.

The goal common with all his policies
is to whack the crap out of the responsible, successful people.


17 posted on 03/26/2014 7:53:13 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: shove_it

And then you can explain how you supported something so intrinsically flawed, but that’s not fair, because no one could understand that monstrosity, and you were just trying to help people. Now, stop obstructing progress and vote for me so we can fix it! Am I close?


18 posted on 03/26/2014 7:54:18 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: shove_it

They can try and explain how they were not given the chance to read it. If only they had a whole day to read the 2700 pages, instead of the half hour they were given...


19 posted on 03/26/2014 7:54:23 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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That is terrible advice. We had to pass the bill to find out what was in the bill, and we have to celebrate it openly to find out how much people really love ObamaCare. Every democrat candidate needs to embrace ObamaCare, campaign on how they are proud of their ObamaCare votes and plan to embrace their greatest achievement with the enthusiasm it deserves.


20 posted on 03/26/2014 7:58:49 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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