Poll: The AHCA fiasco has hurt Paul Ryan, but not President Trump

New data shows that Ryan's job approval rating has dropped below 50% among both Republicans and Trump voters

The American Health Care Act, the GOP replacement for Obamacare, is — at least for now — just a memory. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan himself has admitted that "Obamacare is the law of the land … for the foreseeable future."

The latest Economist/YouGov Poll suggests that opinions of Ryan and the House Republicans, but not President Trump, have diminished after the GOP-majority House of Representatives failed to vote on the proposed health care legislation. And that loss of support comes almost entirely from Republicans and Trump voters — not Democrats.

Last week, 59% of Republicans and 55% of Trump voters approved of the way Paul Ryan was handling his job as Speaker of the House. This week, approval dropped 12 points among both groups. In fact, as of now, slightly more Trump voters disapprove of Ryan’s performance than approve.

It’s worth noting that the people pushing Ryan’s bill are the same people who pushed amnesty*. Something to keep in mind when opponents to Ryan’s bill are labelled “enemies” is that it's an early attempt to marginalize opposition to amnesty. The Uniparty has not gone away.

* American Action Network. This group ran ads pushing Ryan’s bill.

http://americanactionnetwork.org/press/american-action-network-begins-1-5-million-campaign-targets-lawmakers-fighting-historic-health-care-reform/

http://americanactionnetwork.org/press/american-action-network-launches-one-million-robocalls-support-american-health-care-act/

more info at their site

2013-06-27 - “American Action Network Chairman Sen. Norm Coleman and Hispanic Leadership Network Co-Chairman Gov. Jeb Bush issued the following statement following the passage of S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. AAN & their initiative HLN have been active leaders in the immigration policy debate, including significant national television advertising, grassroots organizing, policy backgrounders, messaging guidance and more.

“Today’s vote is a strong step for meaningful immigration reform and encouraging legal immigration for those that want to contribute to a better America. This legislation secures our borders and allows the eleven million undocumented immigrants currently in our country the opportunity to earn a legal status.”

http://web.archive.org/web/20130823013355/http://americanactionnetwork.org/topic/aans-coleman-hlns-bush-applaud-senate-immigration-bill-passage

And many other examples

American Action Network created the American Action Forum (Jeb Bush, member) and the Hispanic Leadership Network (Jeb Bush, chair). These groups share office space with Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS/American Crossroads.

Hispanic Leadership Network developed the “Earned legal status”, and “undocumented immigrant” talking points. http://web.archive.org/web/20130801085409/http://hispanicleadershipnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HLN-Dos-and-Donts-of-Immigration-Reform-Mes-saging.pdf

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