Yes, the rollout initially went terrible because the website wasn’t ready. I’m not going to defend Obama over that, and even he apologized for “fumbling.” But let’s look at a few facts to place this in perspective.

1. The website isn’t Obamacare. It just allows you to compare prices and apply for subsidies. So you don’t have to use the website. You can get health care coverage in many other ways.

2. Not a lot of people have signed up through the website, but a lot of people are using other means, such as their own state’s website or their insurance broker.

3. To compare the numbers to Romneycare, the sign up is actually doing better. With Romneycare, everyone waited till the last minute and didn’t jump in and sign up during the first few months. (What? Americans procrastinate? Shocking!)

4. States with Democratic governors that actively promoted their own web page signs ups and encouraged people had good signup numbers. States with Republican governors that did everything they could to defeat Obamacare and make it as difficult as possible for their people to get health care had lower numbers. Who could have predicted that?

5. One of the problems the Obamacare website had may be related to massive hacking on the part of those trying to make it fail. A tool called “Destroy Obamacare” has been circulating which encourages hackers, and the site has been attacked at least sixteen times in the past month according to ABC News.

6. Republicans are concentrating on inadequate, scam plans that are being cancelled because they don’t provide enough coverage under the new law. Well, duh. That was the point of the law, after all — to give everyone real health care and not be ripped off by the insurance companies.

7. Republicans are also pointing out how some people’s rates are going up (the people who had scam policies in the first place). Where were they when everyone’s rates were going up prior to Obamacare? Why should anyone pay attention to these hypocrites?

8. The site is now running very smoothly and there are no major problems. Obama’s promise to have it running well by the end of November has already been met.

And in conclusion, just let me say to those Republicans who are using everything they can to knock down Obamacare and prevent it from being successful, remember: This was your plan. We wanted a single-payer medicare-for-all plan that saves money, already has a bureaucracy in place and has run smoothly for fifty years.