Repeal is the only answer

President Obama's health care deform has of course passed.  Great.  Huzzah.  Hallelujah.  He's really scored himself a legislative victory, hasn't he?  I for one am sure that now that Obambi and the Donks have their stirring socialized medicine on their curriculum vitae, the American public will rejoice and flock to the Democrats super-left agenda.

Right?

Last week, President Obama signed historic health care reform legislation into law -- but his legislative success doesn't seem to have helped his image with the American public.

The latest CBS News Poll, conducted between March 29 and April 1, found Americans unhappier than ever with Mr. Obama's handling of health care - and still worried about the state of the economy.

President Obama's overall job approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 44 percent, down five points from late March, just before the health bill's passage in the House of Representatives. It's down 24 points since his all-time high last April. Forty-one percent of those polled said they disapproved of the president's performance.

Wow.

So people still hate Obammy-Care, still despise the way it was passed and still think poorly of our President.

How are the Republicans reacting to this seemingly great news, you ask?

Just like you'd think.  But here's a hint just in case-it rhymes with 'Howards'.

For Republicans, urging a full repeal of the law will energize conservative activists whose turnout is crucial this year. But it also carries risks, say strategists in both parties.

Repeal is politically and legally unlikely, and some grass-roots activists may feel disillusioned by a failed crusade.

"It's just not going to happen," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said of repeal in a speech Wednesday. "It's a great political issue," he said, but opponents will never muster the 67 votes needed in the 100-member Senate...Republican leaders are moving cautiously, wary of angering their hard-right base. In recent public comments, they have quietly played down the notion of repealing the law while emphasizing claims that it will hurt jobs, the economy and the deficit.

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who chairs the committee responsible for electing GOP senators this fall, said in an interview, "The focus really should be on the misplaced priorities of the administration" and Congress' Democratic leaders.

Asked if he advises Republican Senate candidates to call for repealing the law, Cornyn said: "Candidates are going to test the winds in their own states. ... In some places, the health care bill is more popular than others."

Uggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Of course, it's unlikely that the Republicans will repeal HCR after the 2010 elections.  They'd have to pick up 67 senators to repeal, either through straight up GOP gains or have enough Democrats go against their president to create a working bipartisan super majority to kill the bill.  So yeah, it's gonna be tough to do in even the rosiest of post 2010 scenarios.

But that reality doesn't mean that Republicans shouldn't run on repeal.  The Obambi version of socialized medicine is unpopular right now.  How will the public look at the President and his health care reform as the taxes, fees, numbskull bureaucracy, lost jobs, lost benefits and the other collateral damage from the bill kick in?  How will the citizenry feel when they realize that any benefits they're going to get out of Donkey-Med aren't going to materialize for another two years?

Furthermore, over the next few months, the anger from Obama-Care is only going to get more intense.  The states' lawsuits against the bill are going to ratchet up.  All the corruption in the bill is going to come crawling out in full view.   Naturally, that would lead the chicken-$#!t Republican leadership to not run on repeal.

If the GOP ignores the political reality and backs off of reform, they will throw away a massively effective weapon to use against the Democrats in 2010.  More importantly, they will lose the Tea Party folks, which would be a disaster.  The Tea Parties have been the main drivers of the anti-Obama resistance.  If the GOP gives those people nothing but crumbs, they will surely drift away from the Republican orbit.

Keeping the Tea Party energized and excited is the best option for the GOP.  So what will the Republicans most likely do?  Play it safe and lose the golden opportunity that's been thrown on their lap.