Question

"repealing the affordable care act now would open a real can of worms" is a poorly phrased central idea for a persuasive speech because it

Answer 1

It is poorly phrased central idea for a persuasive speech because it contains figurative language.
The persuasion needs facts which can be describes using literal language as opposed to figurative language which is often used in poetry though sometimes in prose also but it contains an explanation which is different from the literal interpretation.