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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: Obamacare Will Be A Debacle — For Republicans [View all]Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)The reality is that they're going to blame Obama and the Democrats, not their red state legislatures and Governors, because talk radio and Fox News are the only sources of information that they have. Many don't have an internet connection. The New York Times and the Washington Post certainly aren't sold on every corner. The people there aren't stupid. It's just that they have relatively limited access to information and they've had relatively limited access to information their entire lives.
In order for these people to vote Democratic (and some of them still do, btw), they need to see government directly impacting their lives in a positive way. That's why it will be a damn shame if Affordable Care Act doesn't actually help all of these people that it was supposed to help. If someone who believed the Tea Party crap in 2010 suddenly was able to see a doctor for the first time in years, odds are pretty damn good they wouldn't still be believing the Tea Party crap come the 2014 elections.