Does ‘All-Out War’ Sound Bipartisan?

President Obama’s Marching Orders To Democrats: ‘“Don't Rescue” Republicans On Obamacare’

“President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: ‘Don't rescue’ Republicans on Obamacare…. Less than three weeks out from leaving the White House, Obama visited Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill with a mission to save his signature healthcare reform law …In the closed-door meeting, the President urged fellow Democrats to not ‘rescue’ Republicans by helping them pass replacement measures, according to sources in the room.” (“Obama Tells Democrats: ‘Don’t Rescue’ Republicans On ‘Trumpcare,’” CNN, 1/05/2017)

Democrats’ Overheated Rhetoric

“Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Republicans want to ‘Make America Sick Again’ by trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act…. He also maintained that Democrats won’t ‘save their butts’ if the Republicans ‘screw it up.’ (“Schumer: GOP wants to ‘Make America Sick Again,’” The Hill, 1/04/2017)

• SCHUMER: “Passing a bill of this scale … the political retribution will be swift. It will be a catastrophe for the Republican Party.” (Sen. Schumer, Congressional Record, S.3416, 6/13/2017)

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): “Families will go bankrupt. People will die.” (Sen. Warren, @SenWarren, Twitter, 5/04/2017)

“Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday slammed the GOP's Obamacare repeal plan as ‘disgusting’ and ‘immoral,’ predicting that ‘thousands of Americans will die’ if it becomes law.” (“Sanders: 'Thousands Of Americans Will Die' Because Of GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill,” Politico, 3/13/2017)

Democrats’ Left-Wing Base Calling For ‘Shock Tactics’

“One newly formed progressive super PAC is planning to cart caskets to Republican lawmakers' districts and hold mock funerals for their constituents. Another activist is encouraging protesters to ship their own ashes … to GOP lawmakers. And other progressive groups are planning graphic ‘die-in’ protests as they work to derail GOP plans to repeal Obamacare.” (“Left Adopts Shock Tactics In Obamacare Repeal Fight,” Politico, 5/09/2017)

• “Obamacare's most ardent backers are calling for a withering campaign to weaken Republicans … ‘I hope the ads run against the Republicans who vote for Trumpcare are the most brutal we've ever seen in politics,’ tweeted Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, on the eve of the House vote to back the bill.” (“Left Adopts Shock Tactics In Obamacare Repeal Fight,” Politico, 5/09/2017)

Meanwhile… Obamacare Continues To Implode

“A growing number of major insurers are seeking premium increases averaging 20% or more for next year on plans sold under the Affordable Care Act, according to rate proposals in more than 10 states that provide the broadest picture so far of the strains on the marketplaces.” (“Insurers Look To Ramp Up Premiums In Health Law Exchanges,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/16/2017)

“The insurers’ proposals reflect continuing struggles under the 2010 health law to enroll enough healthy people to offset the costs of the sick …” (“Insurers Look To Ramp Up Premiums In Health Law Exchanges,” The Wall Street Journal, 6/16/2017)

• “That vast difference in proposed rates in the individual and small group markets underscores the volatility problems plaguing the individual market, created in its current form by the 2010 Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.” (“Obamacare Rates In Michigan Could Skyrocket As Much As 31% In 2018,” Detroit Free Press, 6/14/2017)