As usual it is the “purists” versus the “realists”.
Ronald Reagan must be turning over in his grave since he wisely said he votes for those who agree with him 80%. win.
The purists could not care less if they lose, because they believe in purity over reality. In reality, the political landscape is littered with such losers in elections, and as a result they could accomplish ZERO percent of their noble agenda.
Get real. There's nothing purist about opposing a bill that's a near replica of the original.
They misspelled Rinos vs the purists. How many elections have you won and did you predict this one correctly? I did almost down to the states.
I am a realist and not a purist, but one big concern about this bill is gnawing at me. The success or failure of this bill will hinge on just one thing: Will people see lower insurance premiums in 2018 than they’re facing in 2017? If the answer to this is not a clear YES then this bill will be seen as a miserable failure by the people who matter most — the voters. This isn’t purism ... it’s reality. Very few people give a damn about CBO estimates, and nobody will see this as a Phase 1 in a three phase approach no matter how hard anyone in Congress or the White House tries to explain it.
That said, I would like to see them plan to disentangle government the rest of the way from the whole deal over the next 8 years.
Good point. If the purists had their way during the primaries, Hillary Clinton would be sitting in the White House right now and we wouldn’t even be discussing the repeal of Obamacare because it simply wouldn’t have a chance of happening. Besides, we’d have much bigger things on our plate to worry about. Such as Barack Obama on the Supreme Court.