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OBAMACARE STILL FAILS APPROVAL TEST – AT 9:32 A.M. ET:   The administration tells us that Obamacare is working, improving all the time, and that we can look forward to eternal life and happiness.  The American people still see it differently.  From The Hill:

Approval of ObamaCare has not improved since President Obama announced more than 8 million people had signed up for insurance through the healthcare exchanges.

According to an Associated Press-Gfk online poll, 43 percent of people continue to disapprove of the law, while 28 percent support it.

Twenty-eight percent of people neither support nor oppose the law.

The results are unchanged since the firm tested the question in late March, weeks before the deadline for open enrollment that brought a surge of new signups through the exchanges. In fact, disapproval has not seen any significant change going back to December.

COMMENT:  And many leaders in the health insurance industry predict sharp rises in premiums next year, which will do nothing to produce smiles.

That 28% approval rating is stunning.  And many in that 28% are probably members of the hardcore Democratic base, which would support mass murder if Obama was selling it.

Republicans must pledge to overhaul Obamacare, but they have to have specific, attractive proposals during the election campaign, proposals that answer the criticisms of the American people.

May 25, 2014