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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315099-it-is-good-politics-to-oppose-the-black-guy-in-the-white-house

There's a growing number of Republican-run states accepting Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, at least at the gubernatorial level, but South Carolina isn't one of them. Gov. Nikki Haley (R) ruled out the possibility months ago, despite the pleas of South Carolina hospital administrators and public-health officials.
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As it turns out, "the politics" were so successful in "overwhelming the policy" that Crawford himself voted against the policy he said he supports.

So, screw your constituents, screw what's best for the people in your state or the country, screw doing what the people want, screw even you own idea of what works and doesn't, just blindly oppose everything that comes from the Obama administration.

Yeah, that tactic won't result in people thinking your sabotaging the country.

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