Suppose Romney wins, but the Dems hold the Senate 51-49. There are two Democrat senators who have large targets on their back in 2014 - Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas. There will be intense pressure from their home state constituents to support repeal. They will have to determine whether they wish to commit political suicide by falling on the sword of Obamacare.
That’s true, but D’s own the Senate and what bills come to the floor for a vote and the language in those bills. So Reid can refuse to bring the bills to the floor or the rules com. can vote down lang.
Whether the Senate is barely our or barely theirs, the House needs not to fund ObamaCare. That’s step #1.
Step #2 will be
a. Alternative #1: nuke option
b. Alternative #2: coming up with a replacement national health care program. This is what Romney has indicated he prefers. Each state getting their own tailored program with federal blessing and maybe some fed money.