Nix, Not Fix: GOP Pushed on Health Law
Even the slightest hint that a GOP contender might support anything besides all-out repeal of the health care law is drawing attacks from the right. So, increasingly, in races across the country, proposals to fix the existing law or retain any of it are being ruled out by Republicans eager to further burnish their conservative
Health care looks to be the dominant issue of the 2014 midterm elections, so it’s natural that GOP candidates in a primary, especially those taking on incumbents, would try to outflank each other on the right. But Republican pollsters warn that it’s hard to paint many of the current crop of GOP candidates as not anti-Obamacare enough and that it could backfire on opponents who try. Democrats, meanwhile, are hoping the primary drama turns into another case of GOP overreach that ultimately alienates moderate voters in the general election.
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