President Obama’s spokesman said today that he doubts the White House will commemorate the second anniversary of Obamacare, explaining that the commemoration of Obama’s signature legislation is only important to “those who toil inside the Beltway.”
“I have no scheduling announcements to make today about Friday for the President,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney answered when asked if Obama would mark the anniversary this Friday of signing the bill into law. “I don’t anticipate a presidential marking of an anniversary that only those who toil inside the Beltway focus on.”
Last year, by contrast, the White House “celebrat[ed] the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, a historic advancement for the health care of women and their families.”
The president and First Lady Michelle Obama often argue for the central importance of Obamacare when they appear at fundraisers with ardent supporters, but a recent Rasmussen poll shows that 56 percent of likely voters want Obamacare repealed. Forty-six percent of likely voters strongly support repeal, according to Rasmussen, while just 29 percent strongly oppose repealing the health care law.
The press secretary concluded by criticizing “the knuckleheaded reporting that suggests or buys the critique that we’re somehow not proud of the accomplishment.”
