Last March, when ObamaCare passed in the House, I thought it was an irrational and suicidal vote for many incumbent Dems. I was genuinely shocked that so many were dumb enough to do it.
Philip Klein has done a quick and dirty analysis and, while hardly the last word we’ll hear on this subject, it suggests that a “yes” vote for OcamaCare was indeed a poor strategy for remaining in Congress:
To get a sense of this, I looked at the 44 Democrats who held seats in districts won by John McCain in 2008 and who were on the ballot yesterday (several others had retired, John Murtha passed away).
A “no” vote on health care “reform” was not a guarantee of safety, of course, but it was a far better bet than a “yes” vote. These percentages are pretty hard to spin in a positive way:
40 percent of the Democratic “no” votes in McCain districts won reelection, whereas just 6 percent of “yes” votes were able to survive.
It will be interesting to see what kind of spin the Dems and the media (I’m repeating myself again) put on yesterday’s tsunami, but it’s pretty obvious that ObamaCare was a major driver of the deluge.
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