Posted on 12/15/2016 11:05:55 AM PST by ColdOne
Senate Democrats will never vote to repeal Obamacare. But once the deed is done, a surprising number of them say they’re open to helping Republicans replace it.
“If it makes sense, I think there’ll be a lot of Democrats who would be for it,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
As Republicans aim to make good on their years-long vow to quash Obamacare and replace it with their own health care vision, they’ll have to do something Democrats were never able to: Bring members of the opposing party on board. Enacting any substantive alternative will take at least eight Democratic votes in the Senate.
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Just nuke the damned filabuster— THEY DID on judges!!
They just want a chance to make the replacement as bad as possible - more rude wake up calls in the offing.
They have to. Even the dem Minnesota governor admitted it is falling apart.
They just want to have a chance at winning the midterms in 2 years
The first thing they should do is make congress have deathcare.
Agreed - and make Nancy Pelosi divest herself of her vineyards while they're at it.
Yep. She got a exempt deathcare in the deal.
then we can talk.
And if the GOP believes that then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them.
Democrats open to replacing Obamacare
Right after they repeal it they can spend a few years working out the details of a replacement and vote on it.
I told you guys this a long time ago.. Obamacare is a yolk around their necks and they know it... they want it gone, but can’t openly admit it was a disaster.. once it is gone, they will be the ones partying the most.
“Just nuke the damned filibuster”
Yes!
We have lots of work to get done.
The Democrats can always quietly drop a bill of their own into the hopper if they think they can do better. If not, please don’t bray or get in the way.
Anybody surprised?
The only think Obamacare is destroying faster than health care is the Democratic Party.
Every demoncrat that promoted and voted for Obolacare should be in prison or decorating a lamp post.
The RATS lost their filibuster proof Senate after Scott Brown got elected. They still found a way to ram this POS through. You end it the same way it was rammed.
not their call. they’ll go along whether they like it or not.
The biggest cheerleaders for change will be the 10 rat Senators up in 18 who represent states lost to Trump.
I’m open to replacing Obamacare . . . with freedom. Repeal that evil law. Allow medical insurance companies to sell whatever policies we want to buy, even if they don’t have abortion coverage or birth control coverage, or even if they are just major medical coverage. Allow us to buy insurance across state lines. End federal interference in our economic decisions.
As if they have a choice.
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