Delay in it will help on the individual mandate. It way to late for consumers wanting health coverage, companies with health plans and insurance companies those decisions have been made months ago. Usually October and November are open enrollment periods. People are already getting the shock and it too late to stop that. The entire law need to go but a delay won't help the Democrats. I believe people know who created this disaster and it wasn't just Obama. The entire Democrat party need to be punished (not that I'm all that happy with the Republicans either). But they aren't responsible for this mess of a law.
Another advantage of a delay until October 2014 is that it allows the different factions in the Republican Party to fight their battles in the primary season before the monstrosity is implemented. If a lot of sitting Republicans opposing the move to defund ObamaCare in the Senate, for example, are toppled during the primaries, then the House has a lot more leverage during the final weeks of the 2014 election season. But if those Senators successfully fight off primary challengers from “Tea Party” types, then there’s no reason to think the GOP grass roots has any interest in fighting ObamaCare at all.