Trump ought to call the Senators who say they will vote against repeal and inform them that he is going to release a list of incumbent Republicans he thinks should be primaried.
He should conclude by saying how much he really, really likes them, he really does, and that it would be tragic if they found themselves on that list.
Fist in a velvet glove.
Pass or fail, they need to get the vote for repeal on record. That goes for both House and Senate.
I don’t think McConnel wants it repealed meaningfully. If he did, he would hold the vote and let each senator be on record.
Instead, we get vagueness and half truths. Come election time each senator can claim they were for repeal.
The GOP was given power to get rid of Obamacare-period.
McConnell is desperate to find someone else to carry the blame for his failure to get anything done. That’s all this is - a play to get us looking elsewhere and not at him.
I’m thinking this is perhaps a good thing. Having a vote that fails would perhaps be better with replace; but will do with repeal. EIther way, it enforces publicly the notion that the ‘Rats own the ACA demise.
There are four votes against it now. That number will only grow.
at least he’s trying
I don’t get Mitch McConnell.
He did very well with prevention of voting on Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, and did well to get us through the nuclear option, so that we would see Justice Gorsuch confirmed to the court.
So he can be a tough effective leader sometimes. On the Obamacare repeal, he’s not able to keep his troops in line.
I hope he can at least get a vote on this. The Republicans have been absolutely worthless in supporting President Trump so far.
Congress passes the laws, it’s the President’s job to see that they are enforced.
All he has to do is issue an EO, ordering the IRS to stop the “taxes” (read: fines) for not buying Obamacare, and make it RETROACTIVE back to the beginning.
This will immediately crash what’s left of obamacare, and sent the left, and the media, into a tailspin.
Give insurance BACK to the private sector, and get on with the business of running the government.
if he can’t or won’t do a simple,honest repeal of Zero-care, we need new congressional leadership
Why doesn’t Susan Collins just switch over to the Dems and be done with it?
The President should remind the Senator from W. Va. that he, alone, ended the war on coal and saved W. Va. He should threaten to hold a rally in Charleston, and remind the good people of that state of his work, should she not vote for the repeal.
He should tell Murkowski he’ll support Joe Miller, next time around and have the FEC watching her for any shennaigans.
Maybe he can buy off Collins with a junket, or something.
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It’s pretty clear the democrats are better at being democrats than the republicans are at being republicans
If you cannot lead your troops, Mitch, then resign.
McConnell is wasting ours, and everybody else’s time with this nonsense. This should have been a slam dunk, but the R’s once again let us down.
Move on to tax reform, and to ‘H’ with healthcare. Let it die under the ownership of the Democrats.
Mitch, make everyone of the Senators vote roll-call.
Plain and simple yes/no on the repeal of Obamacare.
Time to Man-up Mitch.
Grow a pair....
a.) a REPEAL of Obamacare (in case of Republicans)
or
b.) AFFORDABLE healthcare (in case of Democrats and Republicans)
In both cases, a NO vote on repeal of the Death Panels Obamacare Law will make these liars RIPE TARGETS for the 2018 elections.
Pull the plug on Mitch.