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Face it. Obamacare was passed in the House, in the Senate, Signed in to law by the President and survived a challenge before the Supreme Court.
The GOP candidates for POTUS then made Obamacare the number one issue in the last election. In short they made the entire election in 2012 a referendum on Obamacare. And guess what? The GOP lost. The American people voted in the only candidate that said he would keep it intact.
So what to do? The Tea Party backed politicians decided (like a bunch of whiny kids) that if they didn't get their way they would shut down the government.
What makes this so incredible is that the individual mandate was a conservative idea to begin with.
The bottom line? Obama does not have to compromise on a damn thing. It is the law of the land and the American people spoke. And once people start to sign up and take advantage of it they will like it much like they do Social Security and Medicare.
So let the Tea Party controlled GOP continue on with their little fiasco. They are only hurting themselves.
That same election gave the Reps the seats in the house to keep this explosion of government in check.
Also, winning an election doesn't make him the king he and his sheep think he is. Leaders lead and that's where Obama runs out of talent.
But winning that election showed you, me, congress and Obama that the American people want Obamacare. The GOP made the last election a mandate of it and the GOP lost.
Yes. Leaders do indeed lead. They compromise when they need to and stand firm when they have to. Obama is rightfully choosing to call the GOP's bluff and standing firm.
The GOP loses.
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