This is political pageantry for the 2014 midterms. The Republicans don't expect to kill Obamacare now; if they actually succeed in delaying the individual mandate for another year, that's exactly what they plan to ride to victory in 2014.YOu know honestly
If Obamacare was so bad.
The Republicans and Tea baggers would just let it take effect without trying to sabotage it.
Then they could ride to victory in elections
Maybe they oppose it for another reason though
Obama will be a lame duck; 20 Democrat Senate seats will be up versus just 16 Republican. Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia are all possible Republican pickups--some of those Democrats only made it into office in the first place riding Obama's momentum in 2008. With the exception of Maine and New Jersey, all of the Republican Senate seats up in 2014 are in Republican territory.