Jay Carney: ObamaCare Wasn’t an Issue in the Florida Special Election

White House Spin Machine Hits Brick Wall (Washington Free Beacon)

The White House tried to claim Wednesday that Obamacare did not play a role in Republican David Jolly’s special election victory in Florida on Tuesday.

“Any fair assessment of the role the debate about the Affordable Care Act played reaches the conclusion that, at best, for Republicans it was a draw,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday. “It was not a negative or positive. It was not the decisive factor.”

Democrats are taking heat over the loss as Democrat Alex Sink outspent Jolly, and had access to a considerably more organized GOTV effort.