Turning ObamaCare into a Referendum for 2012

William McGurn outlines the way the GOP might do just that.

First, they would help define the law's problems for the American people.

Second, by defining the problems, Republicans would be in a better position to define and sell their more market-friendly fixes.

Third, by doing the first two, Republicans might get enough votes here and there to kick out key rungs of ObamaCare.

Even if Republicans could not get the president to sign anything into law, by forcing votes and vetoes Republicans would drive home an important point: If the American people really want repeal, they will need to vote for a Republican president in 2012.

The idea is that the GOP would focus on the provisions of the ObamaCare monstrosity itself and by showing the American public the damage it will do to medical costs, insurance companies and small businesses. But they will still need a Republican President to reverse it, so this would all be part of a longer term 2012 strategy.

I just hope that Boehner and his boys can pull it off, and then keep moving toward the goal of emasculating the poisonous law. It would be interesting if the postdating of ObamaCare to 2014 works to weaken it. It would showcase the misunderstanding of market dynamics that leftists and Keynesians possess.