Exit Polls Contradict Delusional Nutsack’s ObamaCare Claim

Yeah, she really is that nuts

Wednesday, ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the shellacking (Obama’s word) in the 2010 midterm elections was not as the result of their support for ObamaCare. Today, an analysis of exit polls and election results by experts prove her dead wrong. What a shock.

Via The Washington Beacon:

Pelosi said at a press conference that Democratic losses in 2010 stemmed from their backing of the $700 billion economic bailout package in 2008 known as TARP, rather than their support of the ACA, passed in 2010. Republicans won in a landslide in the 2010 midterm elections, picking up a net 63 House seats in their best showing since 1938.

San Fran’s finest was asked by a reporter whether House Democrats, who the reporter said “took a huge risk in supporting” the ACA in 2010 and potentially jeopardized their majority, were disappointed in the law’sglitch-ridden rollout.

“I don’t even buy into the idea that we lost the election because of healthcare. “

Yeah, well, exit poll data indicates otherwise.

According to 2010 exit polls, 56 percent of independents voted for Republican candidates in 2010, compared to 39 percent in 2006. 48 percent of voters at the time said the health care law should be repealed, while 31 percent said it should be expanded, and 16 percent said it should be left as is.

“The central political problem for the Democrats [in 2010] was that a solid majority of independents sided with Republican identifiers opposing [Obamacare] as too intrusive and too expensive, and opinions on it became tightly linked to evaluations of Obama’s performance,” wrote Gary Jacobson, political science professor at University of California, San Diego, in a 2011 analysis.

“The health care debate thus contributed to a more general loss of support for Obama among independents; in surveys taken in the fall of 2010, on average only about 40 percent of independents approved of his job performance.”

Yeah, well, Nancy, thanks for playing.

Nancy Pelosi has become a pathetic joke. In an omen that potentially bodes well for Republicans in 2014 and beyond, so has ObamaCare. Let’s hope it sticks around for awhile just to make sure.