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Wow. The Dems will regain control of both houses of Congress.

Beverly Mann | June 22, 2016 8:42 pm

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Awesome!

Tags: healthcare insurance, Paul Ryan, the ACA Comments (8) | Digg Facebook Twitter |
8 Comments
  • run75441 says:
    June 22, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Ryan is a F***ning liar.

  • MIJ says:
    June 23, 2016 at 10:21 am

    Run, no reason to insult liars.

    Bev, were it only so – and maybe, just maybe it will be. Unfortunately the Democrats in several districts where they could pick up some seats don’t have a candidate or have a poor one. Being from a Tea Party section of NC I know it can be difficult to recruit candidates but if Howard Dean had one thing right it was a 50 state, every district strategy.
    In NC there are something like 47 state legislative districts where Dems aren’t even fielding a candidate.

    As for Ryan, he proves that presentation trumps substance. He gets credit from major media outlets for being wonkish when most of his stuff doesn’t rise above the level of Ayn Rand fanboy porn – The Great White Dope who along with Cheetoh Jeebus is going a long way towards rehabilitating the reputations of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan.

    • run75441 says:
      June 23, 2016 at 11:56 am

      Hi Mark:

      Michigan will be the same as NC. The state will go Dem and the districts Repub due to the gerrymander.

  • amateur socialist says:
    June 23, 2016 at 11:12 am

    The assertion presumes things not in evidence. The Democrats haven’t even managed to field candidates for every congressional district. Still.

    I believe Bogama will manage to monkeywrench any chance of significant gains with his disastrous plan to game out a lame duck TPP vote. Which The Donald will also use against Hillarity. Quite justifiably IMO.

  • Eric377 says:
    June 23, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    I’m not sure how many potential Republican voters are interested in the faults identified here. Yes, preexisting conditions will return for millions on a practical basis, but Republicans may be guessing that the benefits to dropping them out of coverage for their target voters is high enough to not worry about blowback on this. High risk pools are an obvious preparation to grossly underfunding coverage for these unlucky souls, but again, if they were just responsible Republicans they wouldn’t have schizophrenia or whatever dumped them in that pool. The good old days were good because worrying about really sick people was not required.

  • ilsm says:
    June 23, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    How will HRC get more independents and loose dems than in 2010 or 2014.

    I am voting for no Dem in NH.

    The HRC signs in the lawn were ripped off.

    • Beverly Mann says:
      June 23, 2016 at 5:13 pm

      I guess you don’t depend on the ACA for healthcare insurance. Or have close relatives who do.

  • ilsm says:
    June 23, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Bev,

    I prefer losing abortion and gay marriage along with ACA if I get rid of the neocon rush to WW III, perpetual war on “isms” and someone [like Trump] who would defend SS.

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