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fascinating preview of a big General issue
Just heard the dreaded Morris on O'Reilly. He was arguing that a specific healthcare issue is going to be huge in the general.
Both Obama and Clinton have said that their healthcare insurance cover should be extended to illegal immigrants. Morris was wanting O'Reilly to question McCain on his attitude to this.
(a) McCain can dodge this because he's only advocating free market solutions.
(b Does Obama supporting insurance for illegals win him more Hispanics than lose him in conservative Democrats, Republican crossovers and independents?
How does this actually play in terms of electoral votes in states that can swing?
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Comments (8)
Always, always plant the seed of division with and within the ranks of your opponent. Republican playbook rule No.23.
May 7, 2008 8:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'll go with "no", but I'm glad he and Clinton are supporting it anyways.
May 7, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
How is it a bad thing if illegal immigrants are purchasing insurance? Doesn't it mean less strain on the health care industry and the emergency room?
May 7, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please tell me you're not trying to apply logic here! ;)
Seriously, we're mainly talking about the low information voters. It'll be very hard explaining to them how something can be both good for the illegal immigrants and good for us at the same time.
May 7, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Remember the "Death Tax," which every low-info republican fought against as if it would actually apply to them.
May 7, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, in that case, I doubt it'll lose him voters. If he's going to lose voters over this issue, it'll probably be the uber-conservative Democrat that's probably been voting Republican for the past twenty years. The Hispanic vote can make or break John McCain and his party is working to lose that for him.
May 7, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
This post is flat out wrong, and is propagating a FOXNEWS antiObama meme built on a lie. Obama is NOT trying to cover illegal aliens. Check this:
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At the January 21 debate, however, Obama was discussing his national health-insurance proposal, which he said would not cover undocumented immigrants "because I think we've got limited resources":
JOE JOHNS (CNN correspondent): Senator Obama, we all know what universal health care is, as Senator Clinton just said, sort of the idea that everybody deserves health care. And I have not been able to sort of zero in on your position on this one question: Does your plan cover the estimated 12 million or so illegal immigrants in the country?
OBAMA: It does not.
JOHNS: Why not?
OBAMA: Well, because I think we've got limited resources. And it is important for us that, when we've got millions of U.S. citizens that aren't yet covered, it's important for us to make sure that they are provided coverage.
I do think that we have an obligation to make sure that children are covered. And we want to make sure that they are not sick in the emergency room.
Indeed, Obama's national health-care proposal does not prohibit providing health coverage for undocumented immigrants. The proposal also specifically states that it "will not replace" existing state-level health-care legislation and would allow states to "continue to experiment, provided they meet the minimum standards of the national plan."
May 7, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
This'll be something if and when O'Reilly goes at Obama on it in an interview and finds he has his facts wrong.
May 7, 2008 11:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
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