re: #14 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance
As a liberal in Texas, I’ll say my personal observations mesh with the article.

The antis are getting shriller in public. At the same time you can hear discussions in coffee shops and such.

I think the biggest kicker is that pretty much everyone knows - and likes - someone who could get medicaid were it not for this foolishness. It’s PERSONAL - and the people who can’t get it aren’t quietly curling up in corners to die.

It also helps that now that the signup computers are up over 95% of the time a lot of Texans are quietly logging onto the health system and discovering that what they’ve been told is a lie. As the article says, they’re getting plans that are as good or better than what they had and for the vast majority (over 3/4, maybe more) it is costing them less.

The truly ugly thing for Texas Republicans here is that because they didn’t do what Kentucky did and make their own with their own name the Texans getting on aren’t saying “give me kykare instead of that [expletives deleted] Obamacare.” They know it’s Obamacare, not TexCare or the ACA. And public denial or not…

it’s not the Democrats trying to take away their new health care.

It may play in 2014. I didn’t think so, but I also thought the Texas GOP would withstand the onslaught longer. I am certain, however, that it will be a major issue in 2016. Especially if the GOP candidate has to publicly hold the “get rid of Obamacare” position.

Might as well publicly say “end Medicare.” Actually, might as well start looking for their new day jobs.