8 Stories From This Week That Were Bad For Democrats (& That You’ll Want To Bring Up This Weekend)

January 31, 2014

If Democrats thought that last week was bad for them, this past week was even worse. The President pitched his plan for the nation, which – you guessed it – expands government, and Obamacare is on the verge of imploding. Unions wrote a letter to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi upset that even their own members can’t keep their own insurance plans. When unions begin to get tough with Democrats, you know it’s bad. Even top Democrats have openly admitted this week that they’ve given up hopes of taking back the House in 2014.

Check out the 8 stories from this week that were bad for Democrats. You’ll want to bring these up this weekend.

1. This One Chart Perfectly Explains How President Obama Is Hurting House Democrats in 2014

President Obama’s reckless liberal, big government agenda has been hurting Democrats across the country. In 2008, Democrats held an advantage in party registration in 30 states. Obama’s first term did some damage to the Democrat brand, and in 2012 that advantage was winnowed down to 7 states. After the first year of Obama’s second term, that advantage is down now to just 3.

2. This Top House Democrat Just Admitted ObamaCare Is Starting to Fall Apart

Democrat Jim Moran, a top House Democrat and a key ally of Nancy Pelosi and President Obama, admitted this weekend that their signature health care law may be on the verge of falling apart. His concern? It has nothing to do with Republicans, as President Obama likes to say, and everything to do with the fact that young people simply aren’t buying into ObamaCare.

3. Unions Just Wrote A Letter To Pelosi Saying ObamaCare Won’t Let Them Keep Their Plans & Will ‘Cut Living Standards’ for The Middle Class

Leaders of two labor unions, the Laborers’ International Union of North America and UniteHere, just wrote an angry letter to Senator Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi about ObamaCare. It looks like between Obama’s “you can keep it” lie, the skyrocketing costs of premiums, and all of the law’s employer mandates, labor unions are starting to realize that ObamaCare isn’t a great deal for American workers.

4. The 6 Most Eyebrow-Raising Lines From Obama’s SOTU Speech Last Night

President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union Address last night. While House Democrats proudly applauded the President for most of his speech, there was plenty in there that should have caused some vulnerable Democrats to slowly back away from the President’s agenda.

5. Local News Filmed These Workers Reactions To How ObamaCare Has Changed Their Plans. House Democrats Need To Watch This

Pennsylvania small business Simonetta’s Collision Repair Center allowed a local news station to record their employees live reactions to learning about how ObamaCare has altered their health insurance. The results are heart-breaking.

6. After Signing Up, ObamaCare Enrollees Decide They Don’t Actually Want To Pay For ObamaCare

One in five people who have signed up for President Obama’s health care law have yet to pay up.This percentage of people, anywhere between 12% and 30% according to insurers polled by CNNMoney, have yet to pay their first month’s premium and will subsequently have their policy cancelled, leaving them uninsured.

7. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Won’t “Confidently Predict” Democrats Will Take Back House

Click on the title above to watch this gem.

8. Longtime Liberal and Pelosi Ally, Henry Waxman, Is Retiring

Yet another Pelosi ally is calling it quits. Henry Waxman, longtime California liberal and architect of both ObamaCare and cap-and-trade, is retiring after over 30 years in Congress.