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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Thankfully he doesn't have to tee up any issues (he isn't the sitting president).  Any Rs who were a bit uncertain of Romney -- like me, will be running to the polls in Nov. to deal with Obamacare.

Thank you Justice Roberts!  I can't help but think he knew exactly what he was doing.[/quote]

Obamacare is here for the long run. Let's say Romney gets elected (not likely, but play along). He won't be a dictator. On his first day in office he can submit a bill to Congress to repeal Obamacare. There is a chance that the House will actually be Democratic at that point, but more likely will be Republican-led and will pass it. But, even under the rosiest Republican scenario, the Senate will be pretty evenly split. Senate Dems will filibuster any repeal. So, it will never happen.

There has been talk that the reconciliation process would be used to get passage with only 51 votes in the Senate which would be possible if the Republicans captures the Senate. However, my understanding of reconciliation suggests that first a resolution would have to be passed allowing reconciliation to be used. Senate Dems could presumably filibuster that. Also, reconciliation can't be used for measures that will increase the deficit, which repeal of Obamacare would do. So, the upshot is that Obamacare is here, get used to it.
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