Obamacare Schadenfreude: Mission Accomplished?

Another tolerable springlike day (it is spring isn't it? We had snow a week ago).  Temperatures are 60 and rising, wind is light from the north and the sky is partly sunny, although we have some chance of rain later.

Is it mission accomplished for ObamaCare?

. . . More than a few Obama critics have taken offense at his declaration that "the debate . . . is over." To them he sounded like a dictator commanding his subjects to cease dissent. But Obama is not a dictator, and few of his critics are likely to heed his implicit demand. What's more, it's difficult to imagine the likes of Mark Begich, Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor successfully deploying the debate-is-over gambit in their re-election campaigns. Our guess is that the debate over whether the debate over ObamaCare is over will be over on Nov. 5.

Obama's declaration might have come across as offensive, but in reality it was defensive. "The Affordable Care Act is here to stay" has been a mantra of ObamaCare apologists for months; no doubt they found it reassuring to hear the president himself repeat it. As for declaring the debate "over," that appears to be a response to a particular poll finding that has given the apologists unwarranted hope.

Fallon rips ObamaCare victory lap by White House


NRO: Krauthammer’s Take: 7.1 Million Enrollees a ‘Phony Number’ Well, duh.

Mail Online: Study shows just 858,000 newly insured Americans have paid up! That's partly because most of the "7.1 million" are allegedly kids on parents policies, and Medicaid, who don't pay.

Pirate's Cove: Pelosi: Obamacare Not About Insuring The Uninsured - You don't say!

National Center for Public Policy Research: Despite What President Obama and the Los Angeles Times Say, 3.1 Million Young Adults Have Not Received Coverage via Their Parents' Insurance 

Breitbart Big Government: White House Claims 7.1 Million Obamacare Enrollments, but How Many Previously Uninsured Have Paid?

National Journal: White House Masked Fears of Obamacare Collapse

Breitbart Big Government: Kansas Hospital Lays Off Employees Due to Obamacare

Washington Free Beacon: Employers Say Obamacare Will Cost Them $5,000 More Per Employee

HotAir: Lefty Con Law Scholar Admits What Pro-Lifers Already Know: HHS Mandate Leads To Forcing Companies To Provide Abortion Coverage - It's always about abortion.

The DC Caller: Pelosi - Enough with Obamacare, Now Let's Kill Some Jobs! 

She didn't really say it that way but that's what she'll try next.

HotAir: Axelrod: ObamaCare is totally going to change “the attitude that government can’t do anything”

Or at least it should convince the hold outs.

And this won't help: HHS Creates Another Obamacare Hardship Waiver