Josh Marshall on how the GOP expected to capitalize on Obamacare. Oops!
On Obamacare, the Republican party has bet big on failure for four years. Now the results are in. And they lost. Big time.
[…] As I noted recently, GOP policy analysts are pretty clear now that Obamacare isn’t collapsing, hopes of the politicals notwithstanding. And strategists have started to hint that flat opposition – repeal with no alternative that provides something like the same range of benefits – may no longer be viable from a political standpoint.
Of course, in the Obamacare gotterdammerung bubble, Obamacare is on its last legs and President Obama will soon resign and ask the country for mercy as he’s hustled off by federal marshals to stand trial for Obamacare and socialism. Back on planet earth though reality-based opponents see the writing on the wall.
Indeed, the new data goes beyond simply saying that Obamacare is stable or is not headed toward a death spiral. It’s better than that. It’s working as expected. The rate of uninsured Americans is going down substantially – especially in states that didn’t try to sabotage the rollout.
They bet on failure. And they lost the bet.
