There was no leadership from the White House for a conservative-leaning repeal bill. If anything, Trump sided w/ Medicaid expansion'ers.
Well, he wasn't very good at it in House and it's not as though he wasn't involved. Supposedly constantly on phone, last night's dinner, et
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i think you can't persuade people who don't want something to vote for it without threats. McConnell took ads/primaries off table
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Because that was another mistake. Poisoned the process. Not that MM didn't make any mistakes. But my argument is that it's *also* POTUS fail
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i agree its a POTUS fail, i just think the form of the failure is him trusting GOP Congress to do what it said it would
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Ah, see, we agree on what form failure. But this is good substantive exchange. You make some good points in criticism of Cong Rs.
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given Trump's outsider status i think he should take a look at Swartzenegger's use of referendums, etc. seems better suited to his situation
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Yes but you can't do that stuff at the federal level (I imagine you know that but just in case.)
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well you could. that's how we re-legalized alcohol, for instance.
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You mean amend constitution. Well sure. But very unrealistic.
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Trump applied pressure to Freedom Caucus in House, got a deal. tried same in Senate, McConnell said "no". seems clear to me
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Deal came when he butted out and they negotiated among themselves w/ the mods. Trump was brought in as ceremonial closer but deal was done
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people weren't ceremonially quitting the Freedom Caucus bc it was "useless". Trump applied real pressure
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beyond obvious that 10% of GOP office holders dont want to ditch Obamacare, you can't jolly them into it
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