NC Republican Senate Candidate Is GETTING HAMMERED Over Obamacare

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"..Democrats can take a proud stand, and say “I did something for the people, what have you done? Where’s your plan?..”

"..Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid..."

Democrats seem to finally understand this concept. So, here’s an interesting and predictable turn of events regarding the popular narrative that Obamacare is poison to Democrats (we’ve been telling you since this meme started that it would fail once Obamacare kicked in): “Democrats have to run against Obamacare! They’re going to get slaughtered in 2014! ” And yet, in North Carolina, where Democratic Senator Kay Hagan has taken an $8 million Koch Brothers funded beating over her vote for Obamacare, her leading Republican opponent, State House Speaker Thom Tillis, is getting hammered for his position as well from “both sides” of the aisle, according to John Frank and Jim Morrill writing for the Charlotte Observer.


Yes, it turns out that the people are not being led to the Koch Brothers slaughter so easily. They want to know what Republicans would do to replace Obamacare. And Republicans have no plan. First, Tillis “was criticized in a TV ad earlier this month for wanting to repeal the federal health care law’s more popular items, such as provisions that prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage for preexisting conditions and charging for mammograms.”


So Tillis floundered about trying to find a position, and landed smack in the middle of a tea-jihad against “nationalized” healthcare, after he embraced another Republican’s plan which retains some provisions of the federal health care law. “But that stance drew scorn from his Republican primary rivals, forcing the House speaker to walk a narrow political line. Greg Brannon, who is courting tea party loyalists, has said the Burr plan is ‘national health care.’” Brannon, like most Tea Partiers, clearly has no clue what Obamacare actually is, for he criticized it for not being exactly what it is — a market based solution. So I’m sure you’re dying to know how Tillis is going to play this thing. How about wishy-washy nothing for the Big Win?

Tillis has declined to endorse Burr’s plan, but doesn’t have an alternative.


“I don’t think I need to come in with a plan,” he said in a recent interview. “I think we need to take a look at the ones that already exist and build on those.”


http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/26/4726178/as-he-hits-kay-hagan-on-healthcare.html#.Uw85KfMo7ct#storylink=cpy<br

Karl Rove and Roger Ailes are no doubt ready to pull their hair out after this bit of spinelessness, but what’s a Republican do to? Greg Sargent pointed out that if you’re explaining, you’re losing (and h/t to Mr. Sargent for the link):

As repeal sinks to 31%, NC GOP Sen candidate hammered for failure to explain stance:


http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/26/4726178/as-he-hits-kay-hagan-on-healthcare.html#.Uw85KfMo7ct


— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 27, 2014

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/statuses/439059226317840385

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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/27/nc-republican-senate-candidate-hammered-obamacare-stance-2.html

[Laelth]

1. Democrats, remember Truman.

Do something for the people, and they will vote for you. It's quite simple, really.

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

-Laelth

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2. +1 Thanks Laeith!! Its very applicable today

with Democratic candidates standing up for the ACA. Democrats need to learn how to make the case to ALL of the people (Democrats, Republicans & Independents) that what they stand for is beneficial for EVERYONE on every level and not just a preferred sliver few.

"...they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign...."

[Laelth]

3. My pleasure. Bonus kick. n/t

-Laelth

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4. It turns out

"NC Republican Senate Candidate Is GETTING HAMMERED Over Obamacare."

...that people are signing up for Obamacare despite the Koch's and the state's Republican Governor.

Kay Hagan slams the Koch brothers

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A key part of the barrage against Hagan and other Democratic senators that Republicans perceive as vulnerable in 2014 is tying them to Obamacare, something Hagan defended.

“The people in North Carolina have the fifth-highest signup on the exchanges, after Florida, New York, California and Texas, it’s North Carolina, so they’re very interested in this,” Hagan said. “We want to show that the Affordable Care Act is something whose time has come. It’s going to really change how the cost of health care will not have these huge increases that we’ve been seeing every year.”

- more -

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/kay-hagan-koch-brothers-north-carolina-2014-103478.html

Koch brothers breaking all spending records to defeat Democrat Kay Hagan
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024493554

[Historic NY]

5. Well thats good news, perhaps there is some hope...

[Jack Rabbit]

6. I love the smell of Schadenfreude in the morning

It smells like victory.

I hope Senator Hagen makes those Birch-bred bastards spend it all.

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7. Damn right!