No, the delay move is just tactical by the GOP.
They want to force the Senate Dems on record on both the delay and the repeal of the medical device tax.
This is about the GOP going to the American people in 2014: we repealed Obamacare, Dems refused. We defunded Obamacare, Dems refused. We delayed Obamacare, Dems refused.
Delaying the mandate is NOT is the GOP’s political interests for 2014.
But what they are doing this weekend is important.
Delaying the mandate is NOT is the GOP’s political interests for 2014.
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Wont they be surprised when the Dems give them what they ask for.
Delaying Obamacare is in the country's interests. Once Obamacare goes into full effect, it is as likely to be overturned as Social Security or Medicare are, if not less so. Once the subsidies kick in, it won't be a viable political issue for Republicans in any future election. They won't run on repealing food stamps any more than they will on this one. Campaigning on taking government bennies away from people who are currently getting them doesn't work.