that s good news. and it s not because it leaves the republicans on the wrong side of this debate. though that s where they are. some i think are realizing. it s not good news because it proves the president right. it s good news because getting more americans health coverage is good for america. and among people who have it, it s very popular. so why did republicans house this issue of all their complaints about this so-called much ballyhooed imperial obama presidency as the one they want to go to court with? joining us now, ryan grim, washington bureau chief for the huffington post. ryan, good friday evening to you. what gives? why this focus on this one part of obamacare? well, it s an instance where they can look like they re above partisan politics for a second which is extremely difficult given the situation where they are, you know, a partisan part that controls one chamber of congress and they re suing another branch of the government without the other chamber. that s one t
benefits, they like it. again, looking at this new commonwealth report. the vast majority of people with new coverage are pretty satisfied with it. and unlike so many other matters of opinion in american today, we looked at this today. when you break out those numbers by partisanship, independents, democrats, and republicans, they all overwhelmingly like their new coverage. so while republican politicians and conservative elites may still rail against certain parts of obamacare, they can see in these numbers their own rank and file voters are liking it just fine. and that is the background for this meager, ugly, oddly, unambitious lawsuit that speaker boehner unveiled. the steady plotting and imperfect surge in the health insurance rate in america is not always an easy story to tell. it doesn t always grab attention in washington. but it is having plenty of impact around the nation every day. that s good news. and it s not because it leaves the republicans on the wrong
you got it. a fight everyone in congress says they want to do something about but are they capable of it? first, one more thing about the fallout from the affordable care act. whoopi goldberg and mel brooks surprisingly have something pretty phenomenal in common. they have both e-got it or have e-gots meaning as many of you know, they have won all big four big-time entertainment awards, emmy, grammy, oscar, and a tony. now, believe it or not, president barack obama who has two grammys for the audio versions of his books, this week got a little closer to e-got it. i have to know, what is it like to be the last black president? seriously? what s it like for this to be the last time you ever talk to a president? must kind of stink, though, that you can t run three times. actually i think it s a good idea. you know, if i ran a third time, it would be sort of like doing a third hangover movie. didn t really work out very well, did it? is it going to be hard in two years wh
thank you very much. a good evening to you. a fight everyone in congress says they want to do something about but are they capable of it? first, one more thing about the fallout from the affordable care act. whoopi goldberg and mel brooks surprisingly have something pretty phenomenal in common. they have both e-got it or have e-gots meaning as many of you know, they have won all big four big-time entertainment awards, emmy, grammy, oscar, and a tony. now, believe it or not, president barack obama who has two grammys for the audio versions of his books, this week got a little closer to e-got it. i have to know, what is it like to be the last black president? seriously? what s it like for this to be the last time you ever talk to a president? must kind of stink, though, that you can t run three times. actually i think it s a good idea. you know, if i ran a third time, it would be sort of like doing a third hangover movie. didn t really work out very
a year ago this month, house republicans pushed something called the authority for mandate delay act. right there. the bill sought to delay obamacare s requirement that employers provide health coverage by one year. almost every republican in the house voted for that. 9 l% of the caucus going on record with the stance if they couldn t appeal obamacare, they should at least delay parts of it. a year later, houses gop leaders are calling for the exact opposite this week. and this reversal isn t just playing out on the house floor, itself. it s apparently so important to speaker boehner that he s actually suing the president over the delay. recall, of course, conservatives spent months on a very long list of claims about the president overstepping his executive authorities in some way. when the president signed a climate change order, they called it a sweeping takeover. when the president laid out that executive order on guns, the republicans called it a power grab. when he signed that mi