My point of view has many benefits for Trump, such as being able to:
Not lift one finger on this issue, for the moment, and focus on other things. While he watches the fight, he learns what are the real positions of the different players. He could simply join the process more closely later. He could do tax reform immediately after this fails, sign that, and then come back to health care.
Unless I totally misunderstand how this works, I don’t think you can do tax reform with Obamacare still on the books, because you lose the ability to declare the cuts revenue neutral. I think.
And none of this matters, because the next fight is going to be on the debt limit simply by a matter of the calendar.
Now that Trump and the Freedom Caucus have come to blows, how to do you think that is going to play out?
I think if you are conservative, this is a perilous moment. Trump’s entire reason for being is winning. The bill he personally backed couldn’t even get to the floor because it was such a loser.
He needs a win.
And he can get two easy ones with the help of.....the Democrats!!!
Immigration reform and infrastructure bill...come on down!!!
Forgot to include this link at my comment #311.