I can think of two reasons the House GOP wants Obamacare delayed for a year: 1) They fear it'll work and hinder their chances in the midterm elections (and beyond) and 2) They want to be able to use this to rile their base for those very midterms.
Historically, traditional Republican voters tend to show at the polls for midterm elections with more regularity than Democratic voters. If Obamacare gets delayed for a year, what do you suppose the GOP will spend most of their time discussing in ads and elsewhere? "If you elect us, we'll get rid of Obamacare!" This tactic didn't work for the 2012 elections, but since that was a presidential election, more traditional voters from all sides of the political spectrum showed. So, onto Plan B - trying this same tactic in the midterm elections.
The Republican Party is scared right now. As the country becomes more diverse (in both thought and ethnicity), the GOP is becoming more obsolete. So through suppressing voters rights, gerrymandering, and now trying to take the U.S. economy hostage, they're desperately trying to maintain a sense of power - that feeling which is now seeming to wither away every election cycle. If Obamacare is fully implemented and succeeds, the GOP will be in serious trouble and they know that. That's exactly why they're doing everything in their power to shutdown Obamacare before it has the chance to do likewise to them.
Historically, traditional Republican voters tend to show at the polls for midterm elections with more regularity than Democratic voters. If Obamacare gets delayed for a year, what do you suppose the GOP will spend most of their time discussing in ads and elsewhere? "If you elect us, we'll get rid of Obamacare!" This tactic didn't work for the 2012 elections, but since that was a presidential election, more traditional voters from all sides of the political spectrum showed. So, onto Plan B - trying this same tactic in the midterm elections.
The Republican Party is scared right now. As the country becomes more diverse (in both thought and ethnicity), the GOP is becoming more obsolete. So through suppressing voters rights, gerrymandering, and now trying to take the U.S. economy hostage, they're desperately trying to maintain a sense of power - that feeling which is now seeming to wither away every election cycle. If Obamacare is fully implemented and succeeds, the GOP will be in serious trouble and they know that. That's exactly why they're doing everything in their power to shutdown Obamacare before it has the chance to do likewise to them.
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