I heard Congressman Steny Hoyer on FOX trying to defend “Obamacare” this morning. Same old talking points. “College kids on their parents insurance, no exclusion for pre-existing conditions, blah, blah”. Bipartisan stuff from day-one. Oh, and don’t forget we reached 7.(1) million enrollees the other day. Pathetic…

To her credit, FOX’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck went right after the 16 term Congressman, and jabbed him with the fact that in his own state of Maryland more than 60, 000 had gained insurance but more than 70,000 had lost it. Hoyer was clearly off balance and smiling a lot, hoping to dismiss this little Conservative tot who was making him look like an ass. Hasselbeck wasn’t backing off though. She continued hammering him on the sketchy ACA enrollment numbers, and skyrocketing premiums and deductibles nation-wide, (as documented by over 140 independent insurance broker analysts to date). Old Steny looked about ready to jump through the camera. Nevertheless, Little Elizabeth wrapped up by inviting the veteran spend-thrift to come on FOX and debate Paul Ryan on Ryan’s budget proposal, rather than simply propagandizing. Hoyer sort of accepted, but was clearly too rattled to process the moment.

I’m pretty confident this election cycle is shaping up to be a very different animal. As expected, the president’s policies are now affecting real Americans in real ways, which will certainly influence the mid-terms.