Huffington Magazine Issue 70 | Seite 10

Enter LOOKING FORWARD IN ANGST JASON LINKINS HUFFINGTON 10.13.13 HOW THE GOP CAN EASILY DEFUND OBAMACARE WITHOUT STAGING ANY MORE CRISES S I WATCHED last week’s round of legislative ping-pong end in a needless government shutdown, I thought about whether any of this mishegas was actually necessary for the GOP to achieve its desired result. And all it once, it hit me like a bolt from the blue! Of course the GOP can DARREN HAUCK/GETTY IMAGES A get rid of Obamacare — without a government shutdown or a debtceiling crisis. The party can do so through a very simple process, one undertaken by Republicans on a regular basis. According to several sources, in 2016 there is going to be this thing called a “presidential election,” in which a Republican may contend. Here’s how it works: Beginning in about January 2016, there will be a series of “primaries,” held