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June 27, 2012
Politico In Full Spin Mode: Whether ObamaCare Is Upheld Or Struck Down, It's Bad for the GOP and Mitt RomneyHeadline 1 (no link, screw 'em): GOP Plans for ObamaCare: "Nothing" That's their front page headline. Inside, we see the main headline for the article: GOP in no rush to legislate if ACA goes down Republicans still have only one thing in mind when it comes to President Barack Obama’s health care law: full repeal. You see what they're doing there? They're emphasizing that if the GOP wins on this point, they actually lose, because they have "nothing" with which to replace ObamaCare, and in fact are just doodyheads who won't let "children" under 26 remain on their parents' health insurance plan. This is what I call "pre-spin." And because I imagine it comes from the White House, I'm thinking the White House was tipped off, and tomorrow will be a bad day for them. Same writer -- same! -- packages up the winners and losers, depending on tomorrow's holding. Supreme Court health care ruling: Win-lose scenarios Hard to argue with that. Seems pretty obvious. Now comes the same spin about the GOP having "nothing." You would think that if a full repeal is worst-case for Obama, it should be best-case for Romney. Nope. Mitt Romney What? Obama's best case is also Romney's best case? Such a ruling would give Romney license to spend the next four months railing exclusively against Obama’s health law, rather than being forced to explain how he would address health care. So this author is setting up a curious situation: Whatever happens tomorrow, it's either good for, or bad for, Romney equally as it is good for, or bad for, Obama. He's pretty much claiming it's a wash either way. Win or lose, it's a wash for both candidates. This is the exact same thing he tried to peddle in the previous story I excerpted. And what does the White House have to say? Let's go to Politico again, this time a different writer. W.H. blogs about ACA; no SCOTUS mention Note that the White House is not discussing the mandate or the ruling-- just once again ginning up support for the other, less controversial elements of ObamaCare. Also note the stuff about the donut hole -- stuff the first excerpted article tried to sell you on. Sure seems the White House is a full-court blitz about the donut hole and "children" under age 26. Why should they be, if ObamaCare will still be law of the land tomorrow at 10:01am? Now, if you think that high-level people have been tipped, and you also assume the White House is spoon-feeding Politico what it wants the ledes of the day to be -- two things I think are true; the first is likely true, the second is... well, just read Politico and draw your own judgement-- then it sure seems like the White House has been told ObamaCare is done. I'm just about convinced: We won. Now, I certainly wouldn't advise any oyster-fishermen to start shucking eachother's conchs just yet. But I would say that conchs are tasty. More! Roger Simon (the Politico one, not the Pajamas Media/screenwriter one) makes my heart sing with his preemptive sour grapes. Our Supreme Court has lost its honor We won. I didn't bother quoting all his blather, but suddenly he's against the whole principle of judicial review, asserted by Justice Marshall in like 1801 or something. Now, I'm ambivalent about that, myself. But until today, liberals all swore it was the Bestest Thing In The History Of Besties. Why the sudden whining? Oh, right. Thanks to Slublog for that one. Assuming this has leaked -- that at least someone gave a tip-off about whether or not the White House should prepare for a good day, or a bad day -- then all of Politico's furious spinning makes perfect sense. We won. We won. We won. Slowin' My Roll: I have to note that the White House's pre-spinning via Easy Turn Politico would make sense even if they had no tip-off -- they would pre-spin it in case they got an adverse ruling. And then, if they got a positive ruling, who cares? All the spin would be immediately forgotten. It's a cost-free bit of insurance. (The insurance also provides nothing in return; it's not like anyone buys this crap. But it also costs nothing.) Still, even having said that, adding it to the other tea leaves... I just get the sense the White House is preparing for a bad ruling, and not just out of prudence.
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