Risk Taker

I am thrilled about the Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act of the Obama Healthcare (derisively named ‘Obamcare’ by the Republicans) is constitutional.  If the ruling had gone the other way, according to the dissenting  opinion signed by the four  right wing justices, it would have been curtains for President Obama.  Mitt Romney’s portrayal of Obama at a job ‘way over his head’ would have solidified for good. He would have been branded as a loser who did not accomplish anything significant while in the office. There is no way Americans would have re-elected such an incompetent loser.  In short, President Obama took a huge risk in letting Affordable Care Act ruling happen before the election (he made no attempt to delay it which is not that difficult to do). He did the same ‘high wire act’ when he approved the incredibly complex stealth attack in Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden.  If that mission had failed, Republicans would have had a field day painting him as a weak Commander and Chief of USA.  Luckily for President Obama, and possibly for the millions of not so rich people in USA, both those bets are going to pay off handsomely.