Gov. Bobby Jindal says GOP leaders in Congress fear repealing Obama's health care law

[DonViejo]

Article by: THOMAS BEAUMONT , Associated Press

PALM BEACH, Florida — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday called congressional Republican leaders "fearful" of acting to fully repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.

Jindal, a second-term Republican governor weighing a 2016 presidential candidacy, said the GOP had failed to act on their signature issue in the 2014 midterm elections. Republicans overtook Democrats in the Senate and broadened their majority in the House.

"It's leadership and other members who, I think, are fearful of being criticized for putting anything out there that could be attacked. If not, why wouldn't we have had a vote by now?" he told reporters at the anti-tax Club for Growth's winter meeting. "I would hope, though, that we're honest enough to say, we campaigned on getting rid of Obamacare."

Jindal is one of six Republican presidential prospects speaking to the roughly 200 fiscal conservatives attending the meeting that ends Saturday. The others were former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

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[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. They know that they have nothing (or any real comparable value) to replace it with

That, and that whole thing where, even though they have the majority, they won't be able to get a repeal through the Senate and, even if they were able to do so, President Obama won't sign it, so they're stuck with it until or unless they have a Republican Congress and WH (2017 AT THE EARLIEST). The Republicans are seriously delusional if they think that President Obama and the Democrats are going to VOLUNTARILY sign away their signature accomplishment, especially when it is producing positive results for a lot of people.

[MillennialDem]

3. They also know it will piss too many people off if they did actually repeal it. This is just

a game to rile up their base.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. I suppose that this will be added to their long list of things to rile up their base

1. Abortion
2. LGBTs
3. Affordable Care Act (aka "Obamacare&quot
4. Unions
5. Liberals (in general)
6. Poor people

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[world wide wally]

2. Yeah. Jindal knowS all about economics. Just look at how Louisiana is thriving...

Along with Wisconsin, New Jersey, Kansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, and all those other Republican led states.