# Justice Roberts and ulterior motives in Obamacare decision: a hypothetical **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971 "2012-07-02T05:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971/41 "2012-07-04T02:31:37Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Romney has to have votes like yours to win. Out of curiosity, does he have your vote? Romney can count on my unenthusiastic vote, and that of millions of other equally unenthusiastic conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971/42 "2012-07-05T02:50:32Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Romney can count on my unenthusiastic vote, and that of millions of other equally unenthusiastic conservatives. Me too. But I think that our enthusiasm level got bumped up several notches since the Supreme Court won’t check federal power and we have to do it at the legislative and executive level. I was never fired up about Romney, and still am not, but I am convinced that it is necessary that he win this election, and for the GOP to win the Senate, so that we can get rid of the monstrosity of the ACA. Because of that, I will be excited to vote for Romney and any other Republican on the ballot down to dogcatcher. I don’t think I would have the same reaction if Roberts had voted the right way. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971/43 "2012-07-05T03:04:55Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Romney can count on my unenthusiastic vote, and that of millions of other equally unenthusiastic conservatives. Just like '96–I don’t remember who said it, but somebody said that Dole’s support was “a mile wide, and an inch deep.” ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971/44 "2012-07-05T07:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=Polerius] Do you think that if Obamacare were struck down, Romney would have less of a chance of beating Obama this fall? (since one big motivator for voting for him would go away) [/QUOTE] > [@jtgain](#): > > I think that our enthusiasm level got bumped up several notches since the Supreme Court won’t check federal power and we have to do it at the legislative and executive level. > > I was never fired up about Romney, and still am not, but I am convinced that it is necessary that he win this election, and for the GOP to win the Senate, so that we can get rid of the monstrosity of the ACA. Because of that, I will be excited to vote for Romney and any other Republican on the ballot down to dogcatcher. > > I don’t think I would have the same reaction if Roberts had voted the right way. I guess I got an answer to one of the questions in the OP, at least anecdotally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-roberts-and-ulterior-motives-in-obamacare-decision-a-hypothetical/626971.md?page=2)