ObamaCares glitches [e.g., Healthcare.

gov Could Only Handle 1100 Visitors Day Before Launch and Only Four People Enroll in ObamaCare in Delaware] finally prompted Obama personally to apologize [sorta] for Americans losing health coverage, as presaged by Obama Supporters expressing their being Upset over Losing Health Insurance and then by Gibbs (It Was A Wrong To Say People Could Keep Insurance.). After CBS News reported ObamaCare was About to Hit Employer-Provided Insurance, three media sources reported unions had received an exemption [Weekly Standard, Breitbart, and Reason]. Despite the rebellion among incumbent-Dems, Reid claimed GOP Criticisms of ObamaCare were 'Jokes'; ominous for the Dems was Judicial Watch Obtaining 57,000 Pages of Records on HillaryCare Task Force. Even PolitiFact had Given Obama's Big Lie Rewrite a 'Pants On Fire,' as Obama Approval is now Lower Than Bush's at Same Time In Presidency. {Recommended: krauthammer claims obamacare-a-tool-tointentionally-destroy-wealth-and-to create-democratic-voters, the new book by David Horowitz that Details History of Opposition to Leftism, and some humor regarding ObamaCare.} Ross Schriftman touted an essay [biggest failure of ObamaCare is the increasing number of uninsured] by Greg Scanlon, who has done extensive work from many years on health care reform; he viewed it as an excellent summary of what is happening and what will be happening with ObamaCare. He also touted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the HITECH Act [Title VIII, pp. 6-59] that was tucked into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus) as cited in this article ["...reports from the field indicate the top-down efforts result in lower quality and less efficiency as physicians spend more time wrestling with computers than taking care of patients"]. Ross noted its promoters keep claiming [falsely] that the disruptions only affect the individual market and do not affect people covered by their employers, opining, If ObamaCare is so good, why are small businesses rushing to avoid it? [Small-businesses-raced-to-renew-ahead-of-health-law.] One editorialist noted that, Under Obama, Iran keeps nukes and Americans lose health insurance. Here, as kerry-was making-an unplanned-visit-to-geneva-for-iran-talks, Ambassador Power said they were Striving for Guarantee That Iran Nuke Program Is 'Peaceful' [amplified by Presser-Carney, who claimed the possibility of a phased-agreement was being raised]; as Iran demanded right to expand its program, Netanyahu said any nuclear deal with Iran would be a 'mistake of historic proportions' for reasons that some have explained as Negotiation 101 [Obama's New Iran Deal is Dead on Arrival], a view that was echoed by a Nobel Prize Winner [who claimed it was urgent to Stop Iran from Spreading Propaganda]. Perhaps to kill with faint praise, Hagel said Israel Made Iran Negotiate, even as Pakistan is now 'ready to deliver nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia' and Kerry tried to fix the breach with US policy by stating that the Question of Women Driving was 'Best Left to Saudi Arabia'. Little-noted in the media are the collapse of any Syria 'Peace Conference' in Geneva and the ongoing massacre of Syrian Christians. {Heres another BHO-failure: putin-ends-nato-missile-pact-warns-military-to-prepare-for-war. } Buried in the electoral results was Philadelphias Election of its First Whig in 157 Years. Limbaugh came close to violating his personal no-endorsement rule [When You Attack Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee, You Attack Me] after a Sharpton Co-Host claimed Rush and Hannity 'Beat Up On' Gays and Blacks and an ESPN Analyst claimed the 'Star Spangled Banner' is a 'War Anthem' and, thus, Shouldn't Be Played Before Games; through it all, Election-Night Ratings again demonstrated that Fox Dominated and CNN was Trounced [although, surprisingly, CNN's Lemon Likes 'Stop and Frisk': 'Would You Rather Be Politically Correct or Safe and Alive?']. Regarding Virginia, WaPo Pollsters Blamed Republicans for Bad Poll and, contradicting the meme propagated by Dems, 30% of Virginia's Pro-Lifers

Voted for McAuliffe; also, the NYT reported there is No Religious Exemption for LGBT Employment Bill. {On the civility-front: democratic-senate-candidate-likened-tea-party-to-taliban.} Plagiarism Charges Cost Rand Paul his Washington Times Column, which he Moved to Breitbart; meanwhile, the Media Distorted Rand Paul Address by Cribbing Off AP Report. Regarding the GOPs Civil-War, although the NRSC Walked Back Attack on Senate Conservatives Fund, the Chamber of Commerce Seeks to Make 'More Governable Republican Party'; this was perceived as The GOP's Recipe for Failure for, after looking in the Mirror, GOP Establishment was advised to conclude [recalling Indiana Jones]: You Chose Poorly. Illustrating the nationwide effort to primary RINOs, Matthew Trisler, Constitutional Christian Conservative, announced he is challenging Boehner; lest the RINOs be accused of ignoring 2016, Scarborough claimed Chris Christie is a Man for All Factions. {Establishment-GOP essayists continue to blame the TEA Party Movement for all that ails the GOP.} Guzzardi and I discussed these issues from the state-level perspective; as a result, it is necessary to annotate this column by Terry Madonna [who he feels superficial on his best day] and Michael L. Young; reasons to discount his rosy scenario are legion [starting with the absence of discussion of issues and the upcoming Sandusky report]. Permeating government at all levels is stone-silence regarding debt/deficit/budgets, concerns that The Forgotten Taxpayer sees as ignored by Dems and RINOs [including the DIABLO-extremists (Democrats in all but label, only) lionized by Rove, et al.]. Therefore, although we do not concur with this narrative, its provided for balance. As Pennsylvanias 2014 gubernatorial election approaches, GOP incumbent Tom Corbett looms as the weakest incumbent in modern state history. Indeed, many independent national analysts actually consider him the most vulnerable incumbent governor in the nation. This state of things is not normal politics in the Keystone state. Far from it. Traditionally, incumbent governors running for reelection have held so many political advantages that defeating them became a hopeless, quixotic quest by the out party, be they Democrat or Republican. In fact, the out-party running against incumbent governors usually has had trouble even finding credible challengers. But not this election. Instead, state Democrats, inspired by Corbetts low popularity, are lining up in unprecedented numbers to run against him. The current field of eight announced candidates includes three former cabinet secretaries, a senior congresswoman, the incumbent state treasurer, and an incumbent city mayor. Additional challengers may yet enter the fray including a former state auditor general. Not only is it a large field, but a strong one. These two factors, Corbetts historically low support together with the strength of the Democrats field, convince many observers that the governors fate is sealed. He cant win in 2014. Republicans should probably just start to line up the moving vans they will need when the voters banish them from Harrisburg.

Maybe, but dont bet too much on it. Predicting Corbetts demise more than a year before election-day may turn out to be like the false reports of Mark Twains death: greatly exaggerated. In point of fact, the past half century of state gubernatorial elections suggests next years race is likely to bring its share of surprises. What looks like a gathering Republican train wreck in fall of 2013 could become a close election in the fall of 2014. There are at least five compelling reasons to draw that conclusion: 1. Pennsylvania gubernatorial incumbents always win and usually win big. Pennsylvania governors have been eligible to seek re-election since Milton Shapps first victory in 1970. Since then each incumbent governor has sought reelection and each has succeeded. In 1974, Shapp won by 300,000 votes; Bob Casey in 1990 was re-elected by more than one million; Tom Ridge in 1998 secured his re-election victory by 27 points; and Ed Rendell coasted in 2006 by 21 points. Only Dick Thornburgh in 1982 was challenged seriously and that re-election year coincided with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Even so, Thornburgh won by 100,000 votes. 2. Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly vote against the party of the sitting president. In 18 of the last 19 gubernatorial elections, they have done exactly that. For Democrats the statistics are equally bleak. When a Democrat has been in the White House (as is the case now) the party has lost 16 of 17 gubernatorial elections back to 1860. If a Democrat does win in 2014 it will be only the second time in 154 years a Democrat has won while the Democratic Party held the White House. 3. Democrats dont always play nice with each other. Its likely that the Democratic primary race will turn nasty. Most contested primaries do and this one, given the stakes and expectations, almost certainly will. Well before primary day rolls around voters will be treated to an avalanche of facts, figures and charges impugning the integrity, policy positions and even personal lives of the candidates. This negative advertising will inevitably weaken the eventual nominee in the fall contest. Corbett, with no primary opponent, can watch as the Democrats in this large field proceed to attack each other. 4. Winning the Democratic primary might mean losing the General Election. In the last decade or so, Democratic voters in the populous eastern part of the state have become more liberal while the state as a whole has remained politically moderate. Consequently the typical 2014 Democratic primary voter will likely be well to the left of the average state voter. Given the current Democratic field of mostly social liberalspro-choice on abortion and for gay marriage its plausible that liberal Democratic primary voters might push the ultimate nominee so far to the left that more moderate general election voters will not support them. 5. Money will heavily influence this election. Cash is king in Pennsylvania statewide elections and any Democrat expecting to replace Corbett will need to raise plenty of it. A hugely expensive media state, Pennsylvanias 2014 primary will cost a minimum of $5

million to compete, probably twice that to win. And thats just a start. The Democratic nominee must keep pace with Corbetts own fundraising, which may reach or exceed $30 million for the general election. Corbetts ability to raise campaign cash is a huge advantage to him. Any one of these factors should give pause to those who believe Corbett cant win or that Democrats cant lose. All five factors must be sobering. No doubt, Corbett is an unusually weak incumbent who can be defeated. But he still is the incumbent and to defeat him the Democratic nominee must demonstrate leadership, articulate vision and offer an alternative set of policies acceptable to voters. Right now that looks easy. The challenge for Democrats is to make sure it still looks easy a year from now.