Marathon Pundit: Poll: ObamaCare hurting O in swing states

You won't hear much about ObamaCare, what Vice President Joe Biden called a "big f*cking deal" after the bill was rammed through Congress, when presidential campaign begins in earnest this summer. Why is that? A USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that the health care bill is hurting Obama in swing states.

The health care overhaul that President Obama intended to be the signature achievement of his first term instead has become a significant problem in his bid for a second one, uniting Republicans in opposition and eroding his standing among independents.

In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of the nation's dozen top battleground states, a clear majority of registered voters call the bill's passage "a bad thing" and support its repeal if a Republican wins the White House in November. Two years after he signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act— and as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments about its constitutionality next month — the president has failed to convince most Americans that it was the right thing to do.

The White House has had nearly two years to win the battle of public opinion on ObamaCare among voters. If it hasn't done so by now, it won't ever be able to do it.

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