BET Wire: Only 106,185 People Signed Up for Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act is flatlining Obama in the polls.
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In Case You Missed It - The Affordable Care Act is hurting President Obama in the polls; initial enrollment numbers are disappointingly low; Flint, Michigan, voters picked two felons to serve on their city council — and more. – Joyce Jones
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No Surprise - The first enrollment figures for the Affordable Care Act released on Nov. 13 were disappointing but no surprise. According to a Health and Human Services report, 106,185 people have signed up and fewer than 27,000 did so using healthcare.gov. "Everybody knew it was a mess," said Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Marcia Fudge. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
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When Clinton and Cheney Agree - Former President Bill Clinton believes that Obama should honor his previous pledge that consumers should be able to keep health care plans they have and like even if that means changing the law. “I’m inclined to agree with Bill Clinton. That’s something that ought to be attempted,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News, although he's "not quite sure how now you go peel back that onion.” (Photos from left: AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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A Record Low - According to a new poll from Quinnipiac University, American voters disapprove of Obama's performance by 54 percent to 39 percent, a nearly 10-point dip since the health care rollout. In addition, 49 percent say he knowingly deceived the public when he said they would be able to keep health plans they have and like. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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One Step Forward - Jeh Johnson, Obama's pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, was well received during his Nov. 13 confirmation hearing. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said, "I believe you will be confirmed" and that Johnson is smarter than most members of Congress. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Too Far? - The civil rights group ColorOfChange.org is calling on the Washington Post to fire veteran columnist Richard Cohen for writing: "People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York — a white man married to a Black woman and with two biracial children." (Photo: EDUARDO MUNOZ /LANDOV/REUTERS)
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Revenge - The Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC has launched a Primaries for Traitors Fund to challenge the 87 House Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, who voted for the deal to reopen the federal government after the 16-day shutdown. "The Republican establishment put on a good show, but when it was time to stand and be counted they crumpled like cheap suits," the group says. (Photo: the Tea Party Leadership Fund PAC)
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Redemption - Voters in Flint, Michigan, have elected two convicted felons to serve on the city council. Wantwaz Davis served 19 years in prison for killing a man who had sexually assaulted his mother. Eric Mays served a year's probation after pleading guilty to felonious assault in 1987. (Photo: Michelle Tessier/MLIVE.COM /Landov)