Quote Originally Posted by Warriorbird View Post
Fair enough. I'm curious what http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...nate-forecast/ will do to the act. Will it become overplayed as more people start getting actual coverage, or will Republicans glory in legislative success by striking the bill down?

With a full Republican Congress but not a veto proof Congress, the Republicans would be in an interesting situation. They have to be wary of becoming Newt Gingrich 2.
It's a good news bad news deal for them. The good news is that lots of people still hate it. Obviously, it's easier to tear something down than build something new, and they are capitalizing on this big time. That's not what's really relevant though. What is relevant is that midterms are a loser for the Prez (especially a Dem) and the GOP is in a position to win big this fall by hammering Obamacare. The bad news is that all the GOP plans are basically the same thing so they run the risk of scandal by repealing it and replacing it with essentially the same thing. More good news though is that they don't have to get to drastic. They can hammer ACA for the votes, tweak it a bit to say they did something to fix it, then take credit and carry that into 2016 elections.