These stories highlight the complicated dance Republican-led states have had to do to square intensely partisan hatred of Obamacare with the realities of governing. GOP governors around the country have taken on their bases to support elements of Obamacare, while others have quietly embraced lower-profile aspects of the law. It’s a dynamic that will only come into sharper relief as the nation edges toward the 2014 election and states are held to account for their Obamacare choices. These stories highlighted and advanced the national conversation.
