One Last Shot At ObamaCare

Tomorrow night, Barack Obama will be delivering his second address to a joint session of Congress. Undoubtedly, he intends to shore up dwindling support politically in the House and Senate and publicly at large for his flailing proposal to take over the nation's entire health care system. It won't work.

Nor will it be able to overcome and change public attitudes about the unpopular policy. Instead, what it will do is feed public passions against his plans. Why?

He is expected to deliver a controversial ultimatum to Republicans. As reported by FOX News, Obama "will deliver the message that Democrats are willing to go it alone if it cannot get Republicans behind [the bill]."

This is quite likely to come across as arrogant. According to Rasmussen Reports, some 53 percent of voters already oppose the legislation. 58 percent believe that the legislation should be amended to attract a reasonable number of Republican votes in Congress. Only 24 percent like the “go-it-aloneâ€