Well, more are jumping ship and note what Colorado Says.
Several Democratic senators this week called for Mr. Obama to extend the enrollment period and to consider delaying the tax penalties that will be levied against Americans who don’t have coverage.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Democrat, led the call Tuesday, and on Wednesday two of her colleagues,
Sens. Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark L. Pryor of Arkansas, joined her.
House Democrats received a briefing Wednesday morning about progress in fixing the website from a top Health and Human Services official. Afterward, Democratic leaders said they didn’t talk about delaying the individual mandate and that it was too early to make that judgment.
“I think that we’re certainly not at that bridge, and I don’t know that we’ll get there,” said Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said. “Right now, I think the president is doing everything in his power to bring in all the expertise he needs to resolve this problem. If we can send a man to the moon, we ought to be able to resolve this. We will be able to resolve this.”
Nevertheless, one Democratic lawmaker did call for a delay Wednesday — for a wealthy ski-resort county in his Colorado district suffering from severe sticker shock.
Rep. Jared Polis said in article published on Solutions, a Colorado health policy website, that “we will be encouraging a waiver” of the sign-up penalty for Summit County, which hasn’t had a single enrollment yet for the state’s Obamacare exchange
Several Democrats did say the president should hold his aides accountable for the hiccups, including Rep. Xavier Becerra of California, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus....snip~
More Democrats push for delay in Obamacare mandate - Washington Times