"'Obamacare' under attack as conservatives eye 2016," Carson Wright, 5th Period

And so it begins.

Republicans interested in the 2016 White House race bashed Preseident Obama's healthcare law and "nicked" each other on Saturday, showcasing their platforms before a "high-profile gathering of conservatives that some political veterans said marked the campaign's unofficial start." At the meeting issues such as the House Republicans' budget, midterm elections, the GOP's future and "the party's struggle with Hispanics" were addressed. However, the main issue of the convention was the president's controversial Affordable Care Act.
Texas Senator and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz vowed that "we are going to repeal every single word of Obamacare." Another popular fellow of the Tea Party, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, called for a broadening of the GOP's appeal, saying that the party cannot be one of "fat cats, rich people and Wall Street."
Neither Cruz nor Paul defended the budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin. The budget, approved by the GOP-lead House, "transforms entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid to help reduce federal spending."
Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee said that Ryan's plan was "a starting point," but in need of some changes. Huckabee declined to be more specific.
High-profile Republican and real-estate mogul Donald Trump was more critical, saying that Ryan's "whole stance is to knock the hell out of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
This summit has been called the "unofficial kickoff" of the 2016 process.
Based on some passages in the article, the Republicans stand relatively disunited on issues such as the budget plan (Paul Ryan is at odds with Donald Trump) and immigration (Jeb Bush is also at odds with Donald Trump).

When I selected this article, I expected to see some arguments. I expected to see some strong, solid points--maybe even with facts in them. I expected a legitimate challenge to the Affordable Care Act and its exceeding success, which was noted in the article. But all that appeared was noise and tomfoolery.
I agree with Donald Trump in regard to Paul Ryan's budget plan; as the former, like many Democrats, said of the latter, "leave my Medicare alone." But that plan was not the article's main topic.
Obamacare is still catching relentless heat from Tea Partiers and other conservatives, such as Ted Cruz, who, as mentioned above, has called for the absolute repeal of the law.
Here's the thing: it's constitutional. This is tried and true, and cannot be refuted. The Affordable Care Act is legal under the United States constitution.
If, at this moment, Trump and Cruz are possible presidential cuts of the overpriced and somewhat tainted sirloin that is the Republican Party, the GOP will need to pull more of an act together before 2016 rolls around. Because right now, a couple of clowns won't beat out the wife of one of the most successful presidents ever.

"Why are folks working so hard for people not to have health insurance?" -President Obama

Article: http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-under-attack-conservatives-eye-2016-200658669--election.html