Republicans drop 'job-killing' label for
Obamacare because nobody believed it

post from Daily Kos on 13 June 2012 02:25:52 PM. © Daily Kos

Speaker of the House John Boehner (L) listens to House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R) discussing the Balanced Budget Amendment, which is scheduled to be considered on the floor of the House next week, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washingt (Larry Downing/Reuters)So John Boehner and House Republican leadership have asked their party to stop calling Obamacare a "job-killing" piece of legislation. Why? Because that line of attack turns out not to poll very well.

It's not a surprise that "job-killing" doesn't poll well because since Obama signed the health care bill into law, more than 4 million private sector jobs have been created. But instead of recognizing their attack is polling badly because it's wrong, Republicans seem to have decided the only issue is with the words they have chosen.

Instead, emphasize that the law drives up costs and makes things worse for small businesses.

That's "job-killing" by a different name, and it's not going to be any more effective than their other attack?because it's not true. In fact, the health care law will help small businesses?and their employees?deal with health insurance in a regulated marketplace instead of the free-for-all that currently exists in the individual market. And because it starts to phase out the tax subsidies given to "Cadillac" health care plans offered by big corporations, it actually helps level the playing field?and will put downward pressure on costs.

But I will give Republicans this: If what they said was true, it would be a decent line of attack. It's false, however.

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Public Satisfaction with How Things Are Going
Continues to Drop

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As we get closer to the November election, Americans' satisfaction with how things are going in the country has fallen in recent months from already low levels, according to Gallup.[...]

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Meh: Gateway Pundit Tries Dig Up Dirt on Occupy
at Netroots Nation

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enlarge Credit: Photo courtesy of devtobJim Hoft (left, wearing glasses) pretends to be an Occupy sympathizer

It's already pretty well established that Jim Hoft is the wingnutosphere's most brazenly dishonest blogger, which really is saying something, considering the competition.

It's not just that he's been trying to characterize neo-Nazi killers as liberal Occupy types. After all, this is a guy who immediately claimed that Obama's birth certificate was a hoax, who heavily promoted the Kenneth Gladney "beaten by SEIU thugs" hoax, and who spins conspiracy theories out of groaningly stupid mistakes on his part.

So this past weekend he just continued the tradition of towering mendacity. He came out to Providence, RI, and invaded the Netroots Nation convention. He was seen hanging out with James O'Keefe, and they evidently wanted to dig up dirt on the Netroots folks. (You can judge for yourself the results of his "investigation", but we won't pay for the shower you'll want to take afterward.)

Our friend devtob saw Hoft walk over to the little cluster of Occupy protesters who had gathered across the street from the convention center. It was obvious that he wanted to get the Occupy folks to say something outrageous, so he pretended to be one of them, even going so far as to hold up a "Tax the 1%" sign and chant along. Witnesses who were there said Hoft was saying outrageous things and trying to get the Occupy folks to agree with him. They refused to take the bait.

Good on them. And shame on Hoft. Though of course he has no conception of that.

(Thanks to devtob for passing along this photo.)

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Quick Public Service Announcment

post from Talking Points Memo on 13 June 2012 02:00:42 PM. © Talking Points Memo

If you ever did business with Longford Solutions LLC, you should probably call your lawyer.[...]

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Pop Quiz

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What do Jeffrey Katzenberg, Amy Goldman, Kareem Ahmed, Bill Maher, Leo Linbeck III, Fred Eychaner, and James H. Simons all have in common?[...]

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Merkley Calls Out Dimon On Bailout Bragging

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The air kisses from Banking Committee senators to Jamie Dimon sort of gave away the game at today's hearing: as big and embarrassing as JPMorgan's losses were, they haven't changed the underlying political dynamic enough to threaten banks with tough new[...]

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FL Voter Purge Goes Mainstream-ish

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Jon Stewart lets loose on Rick Scott's Florida voter purge. Watch.[...]

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CNN Drops John King's Show

Spokesperson tells TPM: "John is an exceptional reporter and we want him to be available to report for more shows and to be out in the field, as he did in the last election." [...]

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As Close To Panic As You Get In Politics

Democrats sound the alarm to donors that their SuperPACs are getting trounced by their GOP counterparts.[...]

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A Different Kind Of Pocketbook Politics

Activists try to make end run around Citizens United by upping the pressure on companies that spend corporate funds on partisan politics. [...]

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