There's no question the catastrophic debut of ObamaCare — including the website breakdown and the millions of pink-slip cancellations — will be a great card for Republicans to play on the way to the 2014 midterm elections. No question.More at that top link.
The president lied about his lies about keeping your health plans and doctors. And when he did finally apologize, he didn't really say he was sorry.
It's also possible that we'll see 10 million more insurance cancellations, leading to much higher premiums, bigger deductibles, and more cutoffs between patients and their doctors. And employer-based cancellations will compound this disaster, with the whole process stretching across most of next year. It will be a killer for the Obama Democrats.
But while my conservative-pundit colleagues are out thrashing ObamaCare, I want to raise a critical point: Don't forget economic growth.
The Pew Research Center's Andrew Kohut recently wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "The GOP Is in Better Shape Than You Think." It provides an unbelievable statistic: Independents favor the GOP on handling the economy by 46% to 30%. Unbelievable.
Overall, according to Pew Research, a plurality of all voters gives the GOP a 44% to 37% edge on the economy.
So I want to make a pitch that Republicans not lose sight of the importance of economic growth in the months leading up to next year's midterms. And that suggests the importance of a program of pro-growth tax reform and simplification.
PREVIOUSLY: "Independents Favor #GOP on the Economy by Whopping 46%-30% Margin."
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