Midknight Review -- new and revised: In review, both sides agree: the Administration's High Court arguments were not what all thought they might be In fact, the Administration seemed wholly unprepared for the questions of the Justices.

Adam Serwer, owner of the huge and very liberal "Mother Jones" blog, is relatively furious. I believe his opinion is typical of those on the Left - more than disappointed to the point of being discouraged.

Serwer wrote: "Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. should be grateful to the Supreme Court for refusing to allow cameras in the courtroom, because his defense of Obamacare on Tuesday may go down as one of the most spectacular flameouts in the history of the court….

'What is left?' Justice Antonin Scalia demanded of Verrilli, 'if the government can do this, what can it not do?'….

Justice Samuel Alito asked the same question later. 'Could you just—before you move on, could you express your limiting principle as succinctly as you possibly can?' …. Where the lawyers challenging the mandate invoked the Federalist Papers and the framers of the Constitution, Verrilli offered jargon and political talking points"

Serwer concludes with this observation: If the law is upheld, it will be in spite of Verrilli’s performance, not because of it."

Here is a video made by the RNC. It sums up the oppositions view of the Obama performance. It seems both sides agree.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

In review, both sides agree: the Administration's High Court arguments were not what all thought they might be In fact, the Administration seemed wholly unprepared for the questions of the Justices.

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