Go For It

In Iowa City, Iowa today speaking to a crowd of supporters President Obama told Republicans itching for a repeal of his health care reform to "go for it!" "If they want to have that fight, we can have it!," stated the president.

I think he's more than capable of living up to this taunt. The best approach for Democrats is to encourage Republicans to attempt a repeal. Yesterday I dared them to. Josh Marshall said the threat of repeal is already there, now run with it. It seems the president agrees.

Meanwhile, Republicans are too busy labeling Democratic lawmaker's districts with rifle cross hairs and telling tea baggers to "reload" to worry about what they'll do after they launch their revolution and take away access to health care for 32 million people.

*Update:

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) says the president's comment telling the GOP to "go for it" was inappropriate. I suppose it's perfectly acceptable to call the president a socialist tyrant and place rifle scopes over a map of Democratic congressional districts, but don't dare talk back to the big bad macho GOP. What a bunch of cry babies.

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