One thing is for sure, this will not come as a surprise to the Obama administration.

Via Daily Caller:

If Obamacare is fully implemented, 68 percent of Americans with private health insurance will not be able to keep their plan, according to health care economist Christopher Conover.

Conover is a research scholar in the Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research at Duke University and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. In an interview with The Daily Caller, he laid out what he estimates the consequences of Obamacare’s implementation will ultimately be.

“Bottom line: of the 189 million Americans with private health insurance coverage, I estimate that if Obamacare is fully implemented, at least 129 million (68 percent) will not be able to keep their previous health care plan either because they already have lost or will lose that coverage by the end of 2014,” he said in an email. ”But of these, ‘only’ the 18 to 50 million will literally lose coverage, i.e., have their plans entirely taken away. This includes 9.2-15.4 million in the non-group market and 9-35 million in the employer-based market. The rest will retain their old plans but have to pay higher rates for Obamacare-mandated bells and whistles.”

Keep reading…http://weaselzippers.us/2013/11/04/duke-...ly-implemented/

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If Obamacare is fully implemented, 68 percent of Americans with private health insurance will not be able to keep their plan, according to health care economist Christopher Conover. ....

“Bottom line: of the 189 million Americans with private health insurance coverage, I estimate that if Obamacare is fully implemented, at least 129 million (68 percent) will not be able to keep their previous health care plan either because they already have lost or will lose that coverage by the end of 2014,” he said in an email. ”But of these, ‘only’ the 18 to 50 million will literally lose coverage, i.e., have their plans entirely taken away.

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http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/gallup-c...10/11/id/530650

Gallup Poll: Sen. Ted Cruz's Ratings Plummet

Now, 26 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Cruz and 36 percent an unfavorable view. In June, 24 percent had a favorable view and 18 percent an unfavorable view.

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When anybody does anything that boosts their nationwide Unfavorable rating from a "Who is Ted Cruz?" Unfavorable rating of 18% to a 36% Unfavorable attached to a 26% Favorable rating in two months, that person has obviously screwed the pooch in regards to winning over voters in a general election.

Now matter how much the Tea Party koala bears love the Ted Cruz tactics Eucalyptus, the fact remains that the Eucalyptus is considered poison by 70% of America. "Eat More Eucalyptus! We koala bears love it and you should love it too!" is therefore a suicidal political strategy to be screaming from the rooftops.


No matter how popular the Government Shutdown was in the Deep South (lived there last May) or conservative West east of the Cascade Mountains (lived there this summer), in the 70% of America that was not “Deep Red” (living there now), the Government Shutdown was viewed as “Shooting the Dog” by 70% of America.



As far as 70% of America is concerned, their choice now is: “What are we going to do? Those Democrats want to kill my health insurance but those GOP nuts want to shoot the dog! How can I let them shoot the dog?”

With my travels and lack of fixed Internet access, I have been away from this site for a while but, what do I find after I return? Instead of focusing on attacking Obama, a lot of the energy is being spent on intramural pissing contests:

“Ted Cruz Rocks and GOPe Sucks!”

“GOPe Rocks and Ted Cruz Sucks!”

The reality of the Planet Earth is that, at some point EVERYBODY screws up. You can either learn from your mistakes and make half time adjustments to the game plan or you can stubbornly cling to your ego and flawed game plan and go down to defeat in the second half. (Under Offensive Coordinator Sherman, my Miami Dolphins went from 3-0 to 3-4 because the man was totally incapable of making half time adjustments.)

The “Shooting the Dog” strategy did NOT work. Every poll has demonstrated that.

The only way for Obama and ObamaCare to survive the current ObamaCare implosion is to give the 70% of America that hated the Government Shutdown the electoral choice between the Democrats who killed their health plans and what they perceive as kooks who keep insisting, “We should have shot the dog!!”

When anybody cares more about defending a politician’s ego or a coach’s ego than making second half game plan adjustments, the political game or the football game is lost.