Aircraft manufacturer Boeing Comany is the latest mega employer claiming the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is part of why its employees will have to pay more for their medical benefits next year. In a letter mailed to employees late last week, Boeing said deductibles and copayments are going up significantly for some 90,000 non-union workers due in part to the effects of the new law. (source)

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Who says conservatives don't have a sense of humor? A new tv ad produced by the Family Research Council Action PAC amusingly and effectively demonstrates how 'government on our backs' is a huge problem affecting everyone. The ad will be run against 5 specific Democrats who have supported "big health care, big bailouts and big debt" but it's applicable to so many more.

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President Barack Obama trotted out a handful of people who have personally benefited from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) today and lamented that the obscenely expensive piece of legislation is only unpopular because he didn't talk about it enough. "Sometimes I fault myself for not being able to make the case more clearly to the country," he ruefully admitted. (source) What Mr. Obama refuses to acknowledge is that he talked more than enough; he just didn't listen.

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According to Gallup, President Barack Obama's weekly job approval rating has dropped to a record low of just 43%. That's down one point from his previous record low set last week. The same survey also found 50% of Americans disapprove of Mr. Obama's job performance - another new record for his presidency. (source)

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A new poll shows the Pennsylvania Senate race going from the toss-up column to the leans-Republican category. Republican Pat Toomey now leads Democrat Joe Sestak by a 7 point margin (45% - 38%) and that's only part of the story. Virtually every indicator in the poll shows this perennial swing state is swinging right.

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