MARC THIESSEN: Delaying The Individual Mandate Won’t Fix ObamaCare. “What a difference a few weeks makes. Remember when Democrats voted to keep the government shut down rather than accept a delay in the individual mandate? Now that the Obamacare implosion is dominating the news, they are falling over each to see who gets credit for a delay.” Apparently the terrorists, anarchists, and seditionists have won. But, after being called all those names, the GOP should extract a stiff price for going along.