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What’s does ObamaCare have in common with my dinner tonite?

May 15, 2014

At our house, we play a game that I affectionately call “Guess the Food”.

Here’s the way it works …

My wife Kathy asks want I want for dinner tonite. I answer. She then explains why that’s not a good answer and asks the question again. I answer again, she explains again and repeats the question … until I guess the right food.

After decades of playing the game, I’ve gotten pretty good and can usually guess what I want for dinner by the 3rd or 4th guess.

OK, let’s tie that in to ObamaCare …

Pew recently released poll results that indicate an approval / disapproval gap of 14 percentage points (55% disapprove to 41% approve)

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And, as in earlier surveys, Pew reports opposition to the law is more intense than support: 43% of the public disapproves of the law very strongly – about 80% of the disapprovers — and only 26% approve of the law very strongly – a gap of 17 percentage points.

Geez, given 8 million sign-ups, how can that be?

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