“No one sold this tax plan to the public”
I would add that the RINOs do not have the courage to withstand withering public fire.
Trump worked with them behind the scenes and focused the press, Democrats and deep state on himself. This allowed the fearful republicans to put together a deal behind the scenes.
Pretty much the way someone would draw a charging bull to himself to protect kids.
We can always find a way in retrospect (seemingly) to improve what already happened. ... but that may not have worked to make a deal.
On this issue, I will assume Trump knew what it would take to get a deal done and he accomplished it.
The public is smart enough to see it was not Armeggedon, no one died, etc. next they will see more money. Then a better economy.
That is great PR.
Trump isn’t perfect, but he is better than the other 16 candidates in the primary, better than any demoncrat and better than every POTUS since Reagan.
Some on twitter call Trump a lightening rod, then they ask, what is Rick Perry doing, what is Scott Pruitt doing, what is Betsy DeVos doing, what is Jeff Sessions doing, etc. You don’t hear much about that because the media is distracted by Trump. The point is when all the focus is on Trump his people are free to do their jobs.