What if Obamacare Software Crashes and Burns?

Michal Barone asks the unthinkable....

They suggest that there is a nontrivial possibility that Obamacare may implode.

The first bombshell went off on Tuesday, from Ezra Klein of the Washington Post's Wonkblog.

Klein was one of those young writers who formed JournoList a few years ago so that like-minded Obama fans could coordinate their lines of argument. It was like one of those college sophomore clubs, not really necessary in an age of ready contact through email, but it shows him as a guy inclined to play team ball. So it's noteworthy when he writes, "So far, the Affordable Care Act's launch has been a failure. Not 'troubled.'

Not 'glitchy.' A failure."

Klein notes that the rollout of the Medicare prescription drug program was also rocky two weeks into the process. But later it got smoothed out.

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Bloomberg.com columnist Megan McArdle, who unlike most Obamacare architects actually worked at an IT firm for a couple of years, sees the possibility of even more trouble ahead.

She points out that the administration delayed writing major rules during the 2012 campaign to avoid giving Republicans campaign fodder.

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But if Obamacare's software crashes, the consequences will be catastrophic -- for the nation and for the Democratic Party.

Let us hope this happens.