May 3 (Bloomberg) — Some Democrats are optimistic that the new health-care law is shifting from a political liability to more neutral ground in this year's U.S. elections.

With enrollments in insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rising and polls showing that most Americans want to keep the law, Democrats are increasingly encouraged that they have defused some of the criticism over the botched rollout of Obamacare last year.

"The American people fundamentally reject the Republican argument that we should repeal the Affordable Care Act," White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said yesterday on a conference call. "We feel good about how we'll transact that argument."

The number of people signing up for private insurance under the law has surged, with 910,000 in the last month alone. In total, 8 million people bought coverage on federal marketplaces through April 19, the government said on May 1.

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