Liberals
are fond of saying that if Conservatives don’t like Obamacare, they should win
some elections and change it. The problem
with this liberal advice is that the GOP did win several elections with
Obamacare as a major issue, but political shady deals, rigged court cases
and liberal obstructionism kept those elections from mattering. While Obamacare was being considered, the GOP won
the December 8, 2009 election to fill the Senate seat of Edward Kennedy, who
had died. Republican Scott Brown won the election by promising to
filibuster Obamacare. The result was Democrats lost their 60 vote filibuster proof majority. The Democrats passed a badly flawed bill in the
House later in 2009, to avoid having the Senate vote again on a revised bill,
which the Republicans would have filibustered with their newly added Senator
Brown being enough to stop the bill. The GOP won the Congressional
election in 2010. Obama and the Supreme Court revised Obamacare numerous
times without Congress. The bill was poorly drafted, but Obama wanted to
avoid having to compromise with the Republican House and Republican Senators
ready to filibuster. The GOP won another Congressional Election in 2014,
and took control of the Senate. President Obama's response was to use his
pen and phone trying to legislate without Congressional involvement. In effect, Obama wanted to negate the election results.
So tell
any liberals who say that the GOP needs to win some elections that all
elections are supposed to count, not just presidential elections.
Congress is supposed to legislate, not the Supreme Court and not the
president.