Finally, some good news for Democrats about ObamaCare (no, really)

ObamaCare's debut was a disaster — but its second act may not be

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The past six weeks have offered little but negative headlines about ObamaCare. So it should come as a relief to Democrats, who had begun to distance themselves from the White House in recent weeks, that there are signs that the party's big ObamaCare freakout may have been premature.

A handful of polls this week found that despite the horrible ObamaCare rollout, there was a silver lining: Americans' views on the law itself have remained virtually unchanged, and voters are still willing to give the administration time to fix its mistakes. At the same time, there are reports that enrollment in health care plans via state-based exchange marketplaces are surging, even as the federal marketplace, Healthcare.gov, remains stuck in tech support limbo.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.