Obamacare on the ballot Missouri voters give the administration a preview of what’s to come

MISSOURI—The Show Me State voters are showing the Obama administration just what they think of health care reform: it stinks. Two out of three voters went to the polls on August 2^nd and cast a ballot for Proposition C, a proposition against allowing Obamacare into Missouri.

National polls conducted before and after the passage of health care reform showed the American people were not in favor of such a federal overhaul and reworking of the health care industry from private sector to pubic sector and democrats are poised to take an electoral punishment this November for doing so. The latest Real Clear Politics average shows 51.8 of Americans oppose and/or want to appeal Obamacare with just 37 percent approving. Rasumussen has a wider margin with 58 percent against and 37 for HCR.

Some twenty state’s attorney generals have filed challenges to the federal health care reform act and if ruled based on the Interstate clause of the Constitution, key provisions are likely to be struck down. The administration is arguing its not mandating buying coverage but levying a tax—some argument.  

So now we’re going to tax our way into prosperity by taxing health care?

-- Owen E. Richason IV

Chief Editor, Killswitch Politick

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Obama supporters stop blaming Bush, but Obama doesn’t A recent poll shows Obama’s base are looking for that promised hope and change

WASHINGTON, DC—The don’t blame me president won’t welcome the latest round of polling that shows empirical proof his base is blaming him instead of the evil George W. Bush for the country’s woes. A Reuters-Ipsos poll shows support waning for the blame Bush strategy as voters feel its Obama’s turn to take responsibility for the direction of the country with a staggering 67 percent responding the president is not focused on the economy and joblessness.

Moreover, an AP-Univision poll finds that Hispanics are increasingly troubled by Obama’s lack of attention to their demographic, with 43 percent stating he is not meeting their needs

Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling notes, "A lot of these folks wouldn't like him no matter what, but I think the country has pretty much the same problems it did before Obama took office—at least that's how voters feel—and more and more that's becoming Obama's fault rather than Bush's fault."

The Reuters-Ipsos poll also found that only 34 percent approved of the one-time community organizer’s job, with 46 percent saying his performance was unsatisfactory. The overarching conclusion is with a year and a half in office, Obama should be taking responsibility instead of blaming the ghosts of president’s past.

-- Owen E. Richason IV

Chief Editor, Killswitch Politick

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The Blame Bush Strategy

Tomorrow afternoon, at Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney Phil will look for his shadow, forecasting how much longer winter will last; perhaps the famed groundhog can also predict how much longer the 44^th President of the United States will go on blaming the 43^rd President of the United States.

In his second State of the Union Address, Mr. Obama shifted responsibility to Mr. Bush, “By the time I took office, we had a one year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget. All this was before I walked in the door.”

And again in his February 1^st budget proposal speech, President Obama announced a $3.83 trillion federal budget and rationalized the astronomical price tag was to fix the failed policies of President Bush.

Apparently, the White House strategy is to cast blame back to the last administration long enough to get it into the Guinness Book of World Records. While no president can fix the national economy in their first year in office, Mr. Obama has been in office for one year and 32 days and is still spouting talking points from a campaign that began 1,086 days ago.

In an effort to measure just how long this strategy of scapegoating is employed, we are installing on our home page a Blame Bush Calendar, to chronicle the length of time it takes for the current president to stop blaming the last president.

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