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Romney raises over $100,000 in less than an hour after SCOTUS ruling;
Update: RNC says now over $1 million
What impact will the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare have on the presidential election? Perhaps one measure could be seen in its immediate aftermath:
According to Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul the Supreme Court decision upholding President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law led to a windfall for Mitt Romney. Ms. Saul told The Politicker supporters donated at least $100,000 in the 50 minutes between the immediate aftermath of the ruling, which was issued at approximately 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Romney has already vowed to repeal the ruling if he is elected and some political watchers have speculated a decision to uphold the law would be good for Mr. Romney because it will allow him to energize conservatives by pushing for repeal. The rapid flood of donations to his campaign certainly bolsters the argument the decision could help Mr. Romney fire up supporters on the right.
Romney had run on the explicit promise to repeal ObamaCare. That certainly had fired up Tea Party activists, but they generally haven’t trusted Romney to get it done, especially given his own history on health-care mandates in Massachusetts. Daniel Halper wonders if this won’t fire them back up to fully support Romney as the only means possible to removing Obama from office:
With the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare, the issue now shifts to the elected branches of government and raises this question: Will the intense opposition dissipate or will it lead to a fervent new effort to repeal the liberal health care law? …
Will the 5-4 decision revive the Tea Party? Will Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney make Obamacare the centerpiece of his campaign against Obama? Will GOP candidates do the same?
Unless the answer to those questions is “yes,” the court’s decision may turn out to be the pivotal moment in legitimizing Obamacare, improving its public support as reflected in opinion polls, and embedding it firmly into the American health care system.
My guess, for what it’s worth, is that the anti-Obamacare movement will recover and make health care the most salient issue in the 2012 campaign. Then its fate will depend on who wins the White House.
xthred
June 28th, 2012
Still not voting. Good luck all.
bitterclinger
June 28th, 2012
Who honestly believes Romney and Boehner/Cantor/McConnell cabal are looking at repeal as Job #1?
Hedgehog
June 28th, 2012
Just remember that Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat. A Hollywood Democrat. I pray that Romney surprises us. In any case, we have no choice. I’m in.
Moe Tom
June 28th, 2012
I think Chief Justice Roberts gave the libtards a pyrrhic victory, and their boy president will be batted out of the ballpark in November. And I believe that is Robert’s intent. Even Mark Levin got it wrong tonight by lamblasting Roberts.
bitterclinger
June 28th, 2012
No, Levin got it Right. Roberts also went against AZ in this week’s earlier decision. We all assumed that Roberts was a conservative. He’s not. No paper trail, pushed for by Steve Schmidt.
It’s good to see that Roberts isn’t totally out-o-lunch: http://cnsnews.com/blog/ron-meyer/chief-justice-roberts-admits-young-people-are-targeted-class
Goldenfoxx
June 28th, 2012
@Moe–funny that you would say that Obama “will be batted out of the ballpark in November,” DH believes the exact same thing. Though I am not a Romney fan, his feet will be held to the fire to over turn Obummercare if he is elected. We only have one chance and that’s in November.
Moe Tom
June 28th, 2012
Xthred. Stop the bullshit. Vote. or don’t complain.
Chuck U Farley
June 28th, 2012
Levin also said that Romney is the only choice we have and we have to support him. Anyone’s better than Obreako
We have no choice. Vote straight ticket Republican. Last chance, slim that it is, to save what’s left of the Republic.
I’m in.
Goldenfoxx
June 28th, 2012
@bitterclinger: “The one good thing Justice Roberts did today was to admit that young Americans are targeted to pay the bill for Obamacare.”
This is why my children will not have children, they know what their children’s future holds – strapped with debt. I don’t blame them. I’m sad that my kids will have to work for the rest of their lives to pay for the debts of the old folks.
Those Occupiers are going to get really pissed when they discover their Messiah Obummer sold them down the river.
Chuck U Farley
June 28th, 2012
One thing this will do is make it an instant issue for any Republican challenger that is running against a demonrat that voted for Obamatax.
Stranded in Sonoma
June 28th, 2012
@Goldenfoxx — The occupissts are right now screaming like a bunch of 10 year old girls at a Bieber concert. They have no comprehension of what Roberts and the four libtards on the court just did to their messiah. They may have socialized medicine, but even those without a job still have to pay the
penaltytax for healthcare. If the GOP doesn’t repeal it. When the full realization of that hits home, they will be screaming again, but this time about how thispenaltytax is too much.I agree with something I read earlier. We should stop calling it Obamacare and start calling it Obamatax. Because that’s what it is. Take the initiative away from the demmorhoids, get control of the narrative, and call a tax, a tax.
bitterclinger
June 28th, 2012
Here’s another one of Chief Justice Roberts’ Greatest Hits that he neglected to mention in his senate vetting:
http://bit.ly/MCF2QA
Moe Tom
June 28th, 2012
Hey I called it a PYRRHIC victory before Dick Morris did. Right here.
FreeMan - Save Me Sarah
June 28th, 2012
Thanks Scotus, how about a good swift kick to the balls too?
Moe Tom
June 28th, 2012
I’m headed for the IOTW Hall Of Fame. And fu*k the begruggers.
Moe Tom
June 28th, 2012
I think Justice Roberts is more cunning than the POTUS And the POTUS is a cunning, lying, POS.
History will tell