$235M In Ads Attacking Obamacare Take Their Toll

"A Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the health care law is expected any day now, but even if the Obama administration wins in the nation's highest court, most evidence suggests it has lost miserably in the court of public opinion...That success may stem in large part from more than $200 million in advertising spending by an array of conservative groups, from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($27 million) to Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS ($18 million), which includes the billionaire Sheldon Adelson among its donors, and the American Action Network ($9 million), founded by Fred V. Malek, an investor and prominent Republican fund-raiser. In all, about $235 million has been spent on ads attacking the law since its passage in March 2010...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from ABBY GOODNOUGH of NYTimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/hea...

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[PaisTV]

I do not understand americans! Why do conservatives demonize ObamaCare? I see no harm in that program...

[Relbl]

Miranda Richardson died because she crashed on her head without a helmet at relatively high speeds. The ski coach she was with didn't recognize the symptoms of massive concussion quickly enough - that is until she collapsed - and by the time ANY doctor saw her it was too late. If Fox really was using her death to impugn universal healthcare, Liam Neeson should sue, or Health Canada should sue for defamation. The only way to stop corp. media lies is with libel claims - hit em in the pocketbook!

[Oidipous Mohana]

@poriae00 Do you know the one thing that most marketers ignore and endup getting low conversions? Headlines! You have only a couple of seconds to grab the attention of your visitors. and that’s why your headline is so important for your website just watch this: –> /watch?v=ago_1O1dWzE

[Joshua Wayne]

Your absolutely correct right more than anything but to be fiar greed and corruption are prevalent on both sides... Look up fast and furious where eric holder is directly responsible for selling weapons to drug lord with the intention of getting someone killed, obama of coarse halted investigating as to not get in the way of reelection. We need term limits for these people! its all about getting reelected they care about.

[EvotalKraeto]

The bankers control the US too, remember.

[AutomatedForexRobots]

because history proves time and time again that's just a trap from the bankers to make future generations pay for all our freebies!!!!

[aaronpolitical]

I'm comfortable paying a price to keep all residents of my country at some minimum level of comfort and safety. The real question is, why aren't you?

[AutomatedForexRobots]

A price you don't want to pay. Instead new generations get the bill. I hope that's not your definition of "price." You can't avoid the bill, sorry to break it to you

[aaronpolitical]

It's not a "freebie" if there's a price. Duh.