Obama under Pressure Clings to Obamacare Catastrophe

There's movement today in relation to the Affordable Care Act - a laughable title for the catastrophic attempt of President Obama, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to push a bitter socialized medicine pill down the throats of unwilling Americans who didn't want to swallow it. Speaker John Boehner came out of the White House today to tell America that the Obama administration has not told the truth about Obamacare, that they cannot be trusted and that the only viable solution is to repeal the ACA (a.k.a. Obamacare). Then, President Obama called a press conference to announce that insurers should, or can, re-issue the mllions of health insurance policies cancelled under Obamacare's unrealistic and naive minimum coverage requirements. That Obama felt compelled to intervene in the critically important confirmation hearings of his nominee to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman is an indication of the Obamacare quagmire Obama and his administration find themselves in with Americans, and also now with Democrat Congress members who fear for their re-election prospects. Insurers are already calling the President's 'tweek' a joke meant to shift blame for Obamacare from the White House to the insurance industry. ~~~~~ The latest Fox News poll results reported by Newsmax show just how angry Americans really are with Obamacare and President Obama and the Democrat Party for foisting Obamacare on them. 56% of those polled, all of whom are registered voters, think President Obama "knowingly lied" when he repeatedly assured Americans they could keep their own health plans under the Affordable Care Act - that "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. Period." 50% think the President knew he was lying, while 40% think Obama had no idea the law would cause people to lose their insurance. The breakdown of these results : 79% of Republicans, 51% of independents, and 22% of Democrats think Obama knowingly lied to get his signature law passed. 59% think the Obama administration knew ahead of time that people would have their insurance plans cancelled, and 55% think the White House has "tried to deceive" people about it. 38% say the administration has been honest. President Obama's personal favorability has plummeted. A record 61% disapprove of the President's performance on healthcare, up 10% since October 1st. Concerning the President's Obamacare mea culpa, 58% feel Obama's apology was "mostly for political reasons," while 38% think he was "sincere." Overall, 46% want to throw out the healthcare law and "start over." 42% say "keep trying to fix it," and 10% say, "Leave it alone." 39% of voters blame the Obama administration for the website glitches, while 20% blame the designers of the bug-plagued website. 11% of voters blame congressional Republicans, and 10% blame insurance companies. 50% think Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius should "stay and try to fix things," while 24% would rather have her fired and 19% think she should resign. ~~~~~ These poll results have had a serious impact on Democrat Congress members, who are in a "near panic" over the botched launch of the Affordable Care Act and may soon be asking Republicans to help them repair the nation's mangled healthcare system, according to Texas GOP Senator John Cornyn. "The Democrats own this. They made a mistake at the very beginning because there was no bipartisan support for Obamacare. Every Republican voted against it. Every Democrat voted for it. So they own it," Cornyn told "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV. "At some point, Democrats are going to come to Republicans and say, you know what, we were big cheerleaders for this legislation and it isn't working; what can we do to protect our American people, our constituents from the hardship that is resulting from this failure? We're going to have to listen and try to figure something out." But, Senator Cornyn makes an excellent point when he says that Republicans must "hammer out" their own distinct, workable plan to replace Obamacare. "People need to hear from us that we're not just against Obamacare with all of its flaws, we are for people getting affordable, quality healthcare and we can do it a whole lot better than this government takeover," he said. Cornyn tokd Newsmax he was stunned to hear former President Bill Clinton this week say that President Barack Obama should keep his promise to let those who like their current insurance policies keep them, even if it means changing the law. "I nearly fell out of my chair but I bet I wasn't the only one. I bet there were a number of people at the White House who thought, okay, President Clinton just threw us under the bus," he said. But even if Obama were to take Clinton's advice to heart, keeping his promise may no longer be possible to those who have seen their policies cancelled. "I am sure that you can't force insurance companies to re-issue policies they've now cancelled because the [law] of the land tells them they have to," Cornyn said. ~~~~~ Dear readers, it is now time for Obama and Democrats in the Senate to stop papering over the fundamental flaws in Obamacare. It is time to repeal the (Un)affordable Care Act - go back to a bipartisan approach - and deal with the real American healthcare problem, which is the 30-40 million Americans who need basic, quality healthcare insurance. And we should all be careful not to fall for Obama's folksy news conference tidbits about how he sympathizes and what he wants for Americans. If he really cared about Americans, Obamacare would not exist because Obama would have led the charge to solve the real problem - uninsured Americans. Once again, Obama is playing fast-and-loose with the truth about his goals and allegiances. Obama wants socialized medicine in America. And even if you don't like it, Obama wants you to keep it. Period.