[OneWingedShark]

The Democrats want O-Care to hit after the next mid term election cycle. If it hits before, they will lose a lot of seats.
Most (if not all) of the Republicans know this.
The $50,000 question is “What’s in it for the GOP?”

That's a good question and, IMO, I do a pretty good job of explaining it in this post from another thread:

Title: DELAY OBAMACARE A YEAR OR WE WILL SHUT IT DOWN - BOEHNER MAKES MOVE

Question: can we trust Boehner to stand firm?

>> The delay isn't a complete cave. One year expires October 1, 2014, just a little more than a month before the next election.
>
> Wrong. The delay will be the requirement to have insurance by January 1, 2015, after the next election cycle. The October 1st date is the opening of the exchanges. In other words, the democrats won't have to eat this monstrocity until the 2016 elections, when it will be too late to turn back. The majority of companies will have already abandoned provisions for provided health insurance to their employees, and the only "reasonable" fix will be single payer (socialized medicine). Nice going Republicans.

Ah, but the problem you have is that you don't understand: the Republicans want the corrupt/illegitimate power and tools that the Democrats are using… this is why there has been no vigorous pursuance of the IRS-scandal, the NSA-scandal, the Benghazi-scandal, or the Fast & Furious state-sponsored terrorism incident. It is why, for virtually all of the Republican-party's platform planks, the party never pursues them: financial accountability would force them to relinquish power, lessened tax-burdens (via simplification/normalization of the tax-code) would be surrendering corporate influence and power, illegalizing abortion would mean that they could not use abortion to feed the moral indignation of its base for votes, repeal of the GCA and/or NFA would mean that they could not use the fear of gun-grabbing quite as easily, and so on and so forth.

No, the Republican party perceives that it is best benefited by saying it is against the Democrats, but allowing most of what the Democrats want to pass: in the end, this grants them power, whereas fighting and failing would reduce them to political nothings which is their greatest fear. Thus it is that every Democrat win is really a Republican win, this is
The Tao of Republican Orthodoxy
[Direct Link]

The above-linked Tao of Republican Orthodoxy brochure puts it in a satirical light, showing how the party pushes losers like Romney and villains like McCain as winners and heroes, and is complicit in the sort of idolatry of state-worship/statism because they crave power. They really, as a party, could not care less about the Constitution or Justice or morality — arguably even less-so than the Democratic Party: the Democratic Party at least strives for its goals and doesn't hold its base in utter contempt.

[OneWingedShark]

Addendum/summary:
Saying we're being played is both putting it gently and massive understatement.

[Cyber Liberty]

I don’t like this putting it off until after the election crap. It’s exactly the bullet the Rats want to dodge, and rat-bastid Bohner’s helping them.

[philetus]

Anyone who believes any politician gives a crap about their constituents, and has not seen this, should read it.It is long, but not boring.

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the

[Lazamataz]

This is brilliant.

[novemberslady]

arguably even less-so than the Democratic Party: the Democratic Party at least strives for its goals and doesn't hold its base in utter contempt.

Sorry, but this part of what you wrote is bullshit. They hold everyone in contempt, including their own.
I'm sure people who wanted hillary for president would tell you to your face. No one gives a shit about them.

Don't even try to use this to pretty up the jackass party.
It just won't fly

[Graewoulf]

“Tao” is bullshit to this Flyover FReeper.

Say it plain, or expect to “Tao” alone.