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Republicans are going all in, hoping that the payout is big. Like control of the Senate, big.

Their big bet: The Affordable Care Act.

The deadline to enroll in the Affordable Care Act for the year has come and gone. The Obama administration is touting the enrollment numbers as a successful first year, but Republicans think voter anger over the law is here to stay. And so, Republicans running for Congress and Senate continue to make it central to their campaign.

In the Arkansas Senate race, Republican challenger Tom Cotton is using Affordable Care Act to fund-raise for his race against Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor. The first screen on Cotton's website is a plea for contributions that says, "Obamacare is so bad that Obama doesn't want it. Tell him neither do I."

Fund-raising schemes and campaign advertisements are central to Republican races in red and swing states around the country.

Republican confidence

When Republican David Jolly beat Democrat Alex Sink in Florida's special election for the 13th Congressional District in March, Republicans attributed the win in part to the health care law.

"His (Jolly's) victory shows that voters are looking for representatives who will fight to end the disaster of Obamacare," Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and co-chair Sharon Day said in an email blast to reporters after the results were tallied.

The deep-pocketed group Americans for Prosperity is playing in dozens of races around the country, and its sole weapon is Obamacare.

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ABC Tap on shoulder: Alison Anderson has been told by another Indigenous MLA that it is time for her to quit the Country Liberals.

An Aboriginal member of the Northern Territory Country Liberals Government, Bess Price, says disgruntled backbencher Alison Anderson should leave the party.

Ms Price has rejected claims that Indigenous MLAs are the target of racism within the party and says she is disappointed that three rebel MLAs have made the allegations.

Before raising racism claims, Alison Anderson, Larisa Lee and Francis Xavier Kurrupuwuy said they were unhappy with the party because of a lack of service delivery to bush seats.

Meanwhile, Mr Kurrupuwuy has given his strongest indication yet that he is going to quit the Country Liberals.

He told The Australian newspaper he is definitely going to resign after 18 months of trying to get the party to make commitments to his Tiwi Islands electorate of Arafura.

Fellow rebels Alison Anderson and Larisa Lee have repeatedly said the the dissident MLAs would act as a group, and if one quit they all would.

However, Ms Anderson says the rebel backbenchers have not made a decision on whether to split from the Country Liberals.

She told ABC Radio's Julia Christensen they are still to make a decision and it could take "a couple of hours or a couple of days".

Ms Anderson again referred to Chief Minister Adam Giles as a "little boy", a term she used when he first considered challenging for the Country Liberals leadership in 2013.

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With only five days of campaigning left, Quebec party leaders are into their final blitz, as the Liberals and the Parti Qubcois take aim at some of their traditional strongholds that swung over to the Coalition Avenir Qubec in the most recent election.

There are also a handful of hotly contested swing ridings being targeted by the three main parties.

The strategies used in the last days before the April 7 vote to reconquer or salvage those seats will say a great deal about the strength and weaknesses of their campaigns.

PQ Leader Pauline Marois is striking hard at ridings held by the Coalition Avenir Qubec in areas north and south of the Island of Montreal, where she is spending most of the final week of the campaign.

Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is taking aim at the Quebec City region, all but abandoned by the PQ, leaving the CAQ in a two-way race to salvage its traditional base of support in Quebec City. The CAQ is also trying to hold onto seats it won the last time in the suburbs outside of Montreal.

And all eyes are on central Quebec in the ridings around Trois-Rivires, Drummondville and Sherbrooke. The regions seats are held by a mix of all three parties and had several close races the last election. The Liberals and the PQ have been in and out of the region almost every other day, hoping to turn enough CAQ supporters to make important gains.

The campaign was marked by controversies over national unity, ethnic and linguistic minorities and corruption. So much so that Mr. Couillard lamented that his daily policy announcements have passed with little notice.

I smile when people say this election has had no proposals. Weve made one every day since the start, Mr. Couillard said. We really have to try to avoid falling into cynicism.

The Liberals arent the only ones that have been the target of attacks. According to an anonymous source in a Radio-Canada news report, Ms. Maroiss husband, Claude Blanchet, allegedly participated in PQ fundraising activities that may have violated Quebecs election law.

Ms. Marois and Mr. Blanchet denied the charges. His lawyer, Richard Vachon, was considering taking court action claiming the report was libellous and defamatory. Mr. Vachon specializes in defamation lawsuits having successfully represented media magnate and now PQ candidate Pierre Karl Pladeau in a lawsuit against the Socit Radio-Canada.

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AAP SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall says he is not convinced Labor can serve its full term.

Opposition Leader Steven Marshall has threatened to use the tight numbers in South Australia's hung parliament to possibly bring down the Labor government.

Mr Marshall is not convinced the minority government can serve its full term and will keep the Liberals on a "war footing" to be ready to take over.

The Liberal leader has not shied away from using the numbers in the house to defeat the government on key legislation and possibly issues of confidence, if government MPs are absent for votes without good reason.

"People are elected to serve in the parliament," Mr Marshall told reporters on Wednesday.

"If they're not here when votes are taken, then they do it at their peril."

When parliament returns in May, Labor will have 24 votes on the floor of the House of Assembly, just two more than the Liberals 22.

But that slim majority comes courtesy of independent MP Geoff Brock, who decided to back Labor after the March 15 election.

Labor must also appoint a Speaker while a second independent, Bob Such, is expected to be absent for some time as he battles a brain tumour.

Mr Marshall said he still believed Mr Brock had made the wrong decision and would continue to try to change the MP's mind.

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