GOP worried of Health Care Repeal effort

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(AP) Top Republicans are increasingly worried that GOP candidates this fall might be burned by a fire that's roaring through the conservative base: demand for the repeal of President Barack Obama's new health care law.

It's fine to criticize the health law and the way Democrats pushed it through Congress without a single GOP vote, these party leaders say. But focusing on its outright repeal carries two big risks.

Repeal is politically and legally unlikely, and grass-roots activists may feel disillusioned by a failed crusade. More important, say strategists from both parties, a fierce "repeal the bill" stance might prove far less popular in a general election than in a conservative-dominated GOP primary, especially in states such as Illinois and California.

Democrats are counting on that scenario. They say more Americans will learn of the new law's benefits over time and anger over its messy legislative pedigree will fade. For months, Democrats have eagerly catalogued Republican Congressional candidates who pledge to repeal the health care law, vowing to make them pay in November.

Republican leaders are stepping cautiously, wary of angering staunchly conservative voters bent on repealing the new law. In recent public comments, they have quietly played down the notion of repealing the law while emphasizing claims that it will hurt jobs, the economy and the deficit.

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I think GOP members running for Congress should openly Lie about their position and follow whatever their local poll numbers indicate. The goal is to get elected, not to have a hard political position. After the Election the GOP can knuckle down and draw a line in the sand, and Force their members, like Obama did to the House Dems, to follow the Party Line.

In Short.... Lie, Get Elected, Go Hardline.

There are some parts of the Bill that are worth keeping. Most of it in fact. It was basically a stolen Republican plan to begin with. It just needs a Republican Conservative touch to weed out the total gross waste.