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Obamacare. yep, that one. they actually used the word "obamacare" in the question. that one america likes, 53%. more than any of those other things that fox news is polling on. that was their whole list too. its not like i cherry picked the ones that made the point that was the whole list of things they polled on. the most popular one, the one over 50% is obamacare. and i dont know if this is what the fox news channel was expecting to find as the most favorably viewed thing they were polling on ...

Obamacare was unpopular. but, hey, look, switcheroo. now the black line is on top and people like it. running away with it, actually. and as a factual matter, once the politics on this got a little hazier, its not hard to see why this is a popular thing. do you personally know anybody who got health insurance because of obamacare or because of whatever they called obamacare in your state? somebody who didnt have health insurance before but was able to get it because of this law. do you know anyb...

Opposition to healthcare reform, to obamacare, the affordable care act, right, that took on a life of its own and became an almost feral, wild part of republican and conservative political identity in that era. and when the republican party took control of congress in 2010 after that midterm, when, in the presidents memorable words, the democrats got their shellacking that year, hatred of obamacare, top of the lungs republican opposition to every element of obamacare, that became sort of the mai...

Message. and ive had the same question, especially about what mcconnell was saying this week. its sort of four or five years ago, maybe even more recently, republicans could put that obamacare repeal message out there, and it might land a certain way with the base. but the politics of that seem to change when republicans got the presidency in both chambers of congress and tried to move on it. and that mcconnell move to me felt sort of like a pre-2017 on the republican part. it worked in the last...

Where republicans who have been inveighing against the evils of obamacare for years, who have been voting to kill obamacare for years, who have been supporting these efforts, actively supporting efforts now to get rid of preexisting coverage, preexisting conditions coverage specifically, all these republicans on the occasion of this election two weeks from tonight, all these republicans are now pretending, actually on this issue, im kind of a democrat. all these republicans now trying to run on ...

Are responding the way youre showing suggests that republicans feel politically thats been an effective message. and ive had the same question, especially about what mcconnell was saying this week. its sort of four or five years ago, maybe even more recently, republicans could put that obamacare repeal message out there, and it might land a certain way with the base. but the politics of that seem to change when republicans got the presidency in both chambers of congress and tried to move on it. ...

Congress. there its even more striking. fully 61% of the ads that are being run by democratic candidates for congress talk about health care. and actually, its more than that, because wesleyan media project, they additionally breck out ads that are specific to medicare. medicare of course is a health insurance program. so in addition to these t 61% of democratic ads run by democratic candidates for congress, in addition to 61% of the ads being about health care, another 20% are talking about med...

This is a shot of one of those claire mccaskill town halls after she asked that question. stand up if you have a preexisting condition or you know somebody who does. everybody stands up. thats a snapshot of how its working in that campaign. thats true in your personal life. thats true across the country. in that kaiser poll from this past week showing how important health care is to people making their decisions about who to vote for in this years election, they polled specifically on that part ...

Explicitly, all these republicans on the occasion of this election two weeks from tonight, all these republicans are now pretending actually on this issue, im kind of a democrat. there are all these republicans now trying to run on the democratic partys position on health care. theyre all running against themselves. >> in wisconsin, preexisting conditions are covered. and as long as im governor, they always will be. >> actually, under governor scott walker, wisconsin is the lead named plaintiff ...

Little hazier, its not hard to see why this is a popular thing. do you personally know anybody who got health insurance because of obamacare or because of whatever they called obamacare in your state? somebody who didnt have health insurance before but was able to get it because of this law? do you know anybody who got health insurance that way or anybody in your family got health insurance that way? did you get health insurance that way when you didnt have it before? odds are the answer to one ...