I posited yesterday that Rush had explained three major interpretations for Congress not supporting/passing Trump’s agenda.
1) They are neverTrumper obstructionists (true to some degree)
2) They are just incompetent (who can argue?)
3) NEW ONE: They were willing to help Trump, but are still unsure if he’ll “make it” or survive.
4) I have a different take. I don’t think Congress is suicidal-—unlike the full ideologue Dems in 2009 who KNEW that by supporting Ocare they would lose. I do think 99% of Congress/Senate does want to get reelected. They are NOT incompetent. We’ve seen them move with blazing speed if they want something (Gorsuch) and move quietly (repeal of Dodd-Frank).
So I think they are strategically holding off until much later this year or early next year on both tax cuts and Ocare so that they can RUN on these things in 2018 when it is fresh in voters’ minds. Again, just my take, but I think THEY think that passing stuff too soon would cause Trump, and not them to get all the credit.
I would even go so far as to suggest that the GOP House leadership has been cutting deals with certain members in Democrat-leaning districts to let them vote against any ObamaCare repeal/replacement bill to help protect their House seat.
We’re gonna have to rename you Larry the Sunshine Man! Your take on this above (#4) is like the sun with a big smiley face breaking through storm clouds.
RE: 3) NEW ONE: They were willing to help Trump, but are still unsure if he’ll “make it” or survive.
Notice one MAIN difference between the GOP and the Dems. The Republicans ARE NOT AS UNIFIED as the Democrats.
The Dems will UNIFIY to support their candidate through think and thin ( Clinton or Obama ), EVEN when they are found to be impeachable and corrupt.
The Republicans can’t do the same thing.
One of the “no” votes on the House bill is in the district next to me. It’s one of those Hillary-supporting districts that still elected a GOP congressman. His Facebook page was just hammered with leftist activists demanding he not sign onto the repeal and replace.
Part of this is simply the nature of who some of these Republicans are and what districts they are in. They are RINOs and always have been in order to get elected in blue districts. But, yeah, they are the ones responsible for doing the dishonest “show votes” all the other times they said they’d repeal it.
The other part of it is the increased left-wing activism, be it grass-roots or astroturf. That is the bigger danger. If our side can’t go to toe-to-toe with the other side on the grass-roots stuff, we’re going to have more problems going forward. The normal American pastime of voting and then going back to live your own life that conservatives like to do is a losing proposition against rabid, leftist activists. We may juice ourselves up for actual elections better, but in the meantime they’re wreaking havoc through activism.