President Barack Obama and Democrats awoke Wednesday to the cruel reality of June, the political blows from the bitter loss in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall election and the abysmal jobs numbers could multiply before the month is out.By DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Just one week old, June already is proving a cruel month for President Barack Obama and the Democrats – and it could get a lot worse.
The political blows from Tuesday’s bitter loss in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial recall and from last week’s abysmal unemployment numbers, bad as they were, could multiply before the month is out.
The Supreme Court will pass judgment shortly on the president’s signature legislative achievement – the 2010 law overhauling the nation’s health care system – and also will decide on his administration’s challenge to Arizona’s tough immigration law. If Chief Justice John Roberts and the court strike down all or part of the health care law, it could demoralize Democrats who invested more than a year – and quite a few political careers – to secure the bill’s passage.