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Years that president obama doesn t respect the constitution. now one of their guys has said, well, you know what, his law s constitutional. how much of a problem is that for him on the trail? that s a big problem for republicans. you know the other thing, ed, think about how many times conservatives, tea partiers, birthers, have tried to undermine the authority of this president, we ve had a number of decisions, two important ones this week that affirm the federal government and this president and democrats. congressman mike pence likened it to 9/11. are we going to hear more of this stuff? sure, they are going to do everything they can, we saw some on fox news already trying to whip people up and get the crowds back out there, but here s the problem, ed, now they are going to have to campaign on why they are going to have to take something away from you, your child, your mother or father. what kind of summer are we going to ....
Today s decision from roberts, the roberts court takes away that argument, so now the gop is adopting a new tactic, reframing the debate.ç the issue is not about health care anymore, it s about taxes. the president said it s not a tax, it is a tax on the american people. it s a tax increase. millions of americans may now have an irs problem. i kind of feel like i m watching that old movie the godfather and the american people looked the godfather in the face and he said i m going to make you a offer you can t refuse, that offer, i m going to sell you my insurance, if you don t, i m going to tax you. karen finney, well, let s go to your expertise, communications director, they turned this into a tax. here s the problem, they are going to explain and romney is going to have to explain why he imposed a tax against the good people of massachusetts. that s already a narrative we know people don t like. ....
the gop has been saying for years that president obama doesn t respect the constitution. now one of their guys has said, well, you know what, his law s constitutional. how much of a problem is that for him on the trail? that s a big problem for republicans. you know the other thing, ed, think about how many times conservatives, tea partiers, birthers, have tried to undermine the authority of this president, we ve had a number of decisions, two important ones this week that affirm the federal government and this president and democrats. congressman mike pence likened it to 9/11. are we going to hear more of this stuff? sure, they are going to do everything they can, we saw some on fox news already trying to whip people up and get the crowds back out there, but ç here s the problem, ed, now they are going to have to campaign on why they are going to have to take something away from you, your child, your mother or father. what kind of summer are we going to see? is this going ....
Welcome back to the ed show. this is a big day for president obama and the progressive movement in this country. but it would have never happened if it had not been for the speaker of the house at the time who never gave up. democratic leader nancy pelosi sat down with me for an exclusive interview just hour s after the ruling today. i asked her if she feels vindicated after fighting for reform. i don t know if vindicated is the word. i m very, very happy. i always knew i always thought this would be upheld. this is about people said, oh, people suffer because politically because of this vote, i think the election of 2010 was about 9.5% unemployment. $200 million was spent misrepresenting the health care bill, 9% unemployment, hard to get through that shield to explain anything, but our ....
Street they lost their jobs, then they lost their health care, and then they ended up in bankruptcy court. that doesn t happen to people in the future, and for people who want to start a business but worry about leaving the company they are with because their wife and spouse their spouse, if you will, and child, they can now be entrepreneurial. they can start businesses. this is economic security and economic growth for this nation, because health care was going up 16% a year before we ever talked about introducing this bill. companies were coming in all of the time and saying i m going to drop my health care, i m going to drop my health care, i m going to drop my health care. governor dean, i want to ask about how you think the romney campaign is going to move forward. i think it s going to be easier for him because now he doesn t have to come up with a health care plan, all he has to do is run against obamacare, as he calls it. yeah, but the problem is, the court has given its ....