Obama at 41% Job Approval - CNN

CNN - Politics: Reports on its end of year poll for President Obama, " Obama's approval rating stands at 41% in a new CNN/ORC International survey.....The President's disapproval rating remains unchanged at 56%, which is an all-time high in CNN surveys. ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus what political advice does this blog have for the Oval, it would never take it, but here it is, he needs new staff, old hands who will tell him the TRUTH not what he wants to hear, he needs to find a way to ditch ObamaCare or make it WORK, and fast, if the studies are right between 50 - 100 million Americans could lose their business health cover, IF that happens the Oval and the Democrats are toast, thus either reform ObamaCare or ditch, take the political punches from the left and move on.   On the domestic side, there is a need for immigration reform, this will not happen if ObamaCare is front and centre, thus as stated above, a resolution one way or other, then get the Republicans to support the bill by taking on some of their idea, show to the US voter that the Oval can actually deal in Washington D.C.   On the international front, be tougher with Iran, its good to have the PR of being tough, you can have back channel talks at the same time, a bad deal will not get pass the House or Senate.   The Oval has to get its mind around the fact that it has to either ditch ObamaCare or make it work, it can not wait for 50 - 100 million Americans to find they have no health cover, then it would be to late.    This is good advice, but the Oval will not take it, its ego does not match its skills.    Thus expect ObamaCare to be front and centre next year.  

Is the Liberal NYT turning on Obama ? - 2nd Term Blues

The New York Times: Reports the following on the latest ObamaCare change, " Millions of people facing the cancellation of health insurance policies will be allowed to buy catastrophic coverage and will be exempt from penalties if they go without insurance next year, .. ".

Lets Get Real:

It can be postulated that even the liberal NYT is not buying the latest spin out of the Oval that only half a million are still without health cover, either its half a million or 5.5 million, one would normally give the truth to the Oval, but with the Obama White House TRUTH is a strange concept.  The Democrats in the House and Senate must be looking at the polls and thinking they will be wiped out next year in the Mid Term Elections, thus the pressure on the Oval to change the rules of ObamaCare.   The  Obama White House has been changing the rules of ObamaCare on the fly, its has been making strong suggestions to the insurance companies and the States to change the rules, thus going against ObamaCare.    There has been push back thus the latest development.  One postulate that ObamaCare is fast turning in to a dodo, and the cost will be paid by Democrats in 2014. 

The White House, Reality and ObamaCare - 2nd Term Blues

The Guardian: Reports the following on the latest change by the Obama White House when it comes to ObamaCare, " The administration estimates that fewer than 500,000 people have still not found coverage after their existing plans were canceled because of the new law’s requirement that insurance options meet a set of minimum requirements. ".

Lets Get Real: 

This is the same White House that pushed out a website that did not work, would not know the truth if it bit it on the backside.   If the Obama Administration is estimating that half a million Americans still do not have cover, one can assume the real number is in the millions, so while President Obama swans off to Hawaii for another game of Golf, millions of Americans could find in the New Year that they have no cover, or if they have enrolled the back end of ObamaCare has not been built, thus paying the insurance companies, thus people are not covered.  Also the information from ObamaCare is a mess from the view of the insurance companies, wrong personal information, bad spelling etc.   ObamaCare will haunt Democrats right up to the 2014 Mid Term Elections. 

Latest ObamaCare Change - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports on the latest change to ObamaCare, the Obama Administration will grant a hardship exemption to those Americans who have lost their health cover due to ObamaCare, thus they can get bare bone plan, the article notes the following, " The "hardship exemption" will apply to roughly 500,000 people who lost their private plans under the law commonly known as Obamacare. ".

Lets Get Real:

Of all the States that have reported about six million Americans have lost their health plan due to ObamaCare, if the new change just covers half million how about the rest of the 5.5 million, are they suppose to just suck it, either pay a higher price for health cover or just pay the cost of not getting the individual mandate, what if they have enrolled on ObamaCare but due to the IT problems they have not paid the insurance companies, they might think they are covered but what if they have a New Year accident as the insurance companies have been negative on the idea from the Oval they cover those even if people have not paid.   ObamaCare is a political and policy mess, when will Democrats wake up and smell the coffee.