Last sentence in the article. “Plus, as the ObamaCare exchanges continue to crumble and as more states chafe at Medicaid’s costs, it will be easier for Republicans to get what they want on their own — if Republicans are smart enough to seize the opportunity, that is.”
Republicans aren’t smart enough to seize and opportunity
Even if there is a movement to primary RINO’s in 2018, few will actually be defeated in the primary. They have the money from special interests and the party. Challengers have trouble raising the big money needed to run a campaign. As a result, most of those responsible for the O’care repeal debacle will be carrying the GOP flag in the fall of 2018.
The big question for 2018 will be the long suffering conservative Republican base voter. When it comes to Election Day will those voters once again go to the polls and vote for their back stabbing RINO representative in order to keep a Democrat from winning. Or, will those voters have reached the conclusion there is really no difference between a Democrat and RINO. If the latter, there may be a Democrat takeover of the House and Senate because enough of the Republican voter base stays home in disgust.
“Challengers have trouble raising the big money needed to run a campaign.”
Yea, somebody forgot to tell that to David Brat while everyone was singing the same conventional wisdom that you just espoused.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/2014-virginia-primary-big-money-eric-cantor-107699
Trump beat the machine just as Brat did, with message, message, message.
In my mind, the reality of Obamacare is unreported. Although I do not have numbers, my gut tells me that most Americans are pretty well satisfied with their health insurance. Most Americans by a large margin are covered at work or by Medicare.
While this majority would like lower premiums, the battles in the senate don’t really affect them. The number of uninsured in actual health care jeopardy doesn’t seem to be known. Or at least meaningful, verifiable numbers are not published.
Thus, there is no large pressure exerting constituency to apply adequate pressure to Republicans to force a solution. The decay and seeming unworkable death of Obamacare does not have any effect on the vast majority of Americans.
What to do about Obamacare is an academic problem. The reality is that too many academic problem solving senators can’t agree on a solution.
The Democrats are agreed. Library barbie Harf, spouted the party line on Bret’s panel, Shumer word for word.
I’ve never understood why, if Dems can and do support RINOs in Pubbie primaries, conservatives don’t find and run DINOs to run in ‘Rat primaries. Why fight half a battle?
Hold a vote on full repeal.
Republicans who vote against need to be singled out for public scorn.
Maybe if the President holds many in-state fundraiser/rallies for the opponents.
Open primaries need to be killed off. Sanctuary and big time voter-fraud cities need to have their ballot counts thrown out.
You are full of bull.
Republicans are not staying home.
49 of 52 Republicans voted REPEAL.
0 of 60 Democrats voted REPEAL.
Only Single Payer, Socialist Republicans stay home.
The war is on. The cowards run.
Alternatively, perhaps Trump will recognize the situation the nation finds itself is really a (cold) civil war and will begin to act in a manner consistent with fully prosecuting this effort. Forget EOs - it's time to channel his inner Lincoln and get this show started.
We should all consider Lincoln's second address. No one wants this outcome, and we all want to avoid it, but it's here. We/Trump can either deal with it while we have a (nominal) advantage, or we can fight with our backs against the wall.