The Magazine  The Obamacare Bowl  Oct 1, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 03 •
By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON Widget tooltip Single Page Print Larger
Text Smaller Text Alerts  Have you ever watched a football game
in which a team runs the ball seemingly at will and wins in a
rout? And then, in a rematch, that same team for no good reason
throws the ball repeatedly, with little success? Meet Team
Republican. In 2010, it ran Obama­care down the Democrats’
throats. The GOP won, 63-0. Now, in the rematch, the Republicans
have changed strategy.  Confident in their ability to throw easy
touchdown passes on the economy, they’ve eschewed the running
game. But so far the GOP has barely been able to complete a
pass. The Democrats, who really have no idea how to stop the
run, must feel like the luckiest team around.  Obamacare Ad
What gives? Is it possible Republicans have forgotten how they
won a historic 63 House seats (and 6 Senate seats) just two
years ago?  As exit polling clearly showed at the time, it
wasn’t because of the economy. R