[Rockingham]

These days, the issues in a party's strategic campaign plan go through competitive polling, focus groups, and ad development. And with campaign plans already being executed, those would all now be hard to arrange and absurdly expensive because they are out of the normal timing and sequence. Trust me on this.

Moreover, if the courts deliver a dispositive ruling before the election, the spur of immediate political self-interest is one of the surest ways to get Congress or a legislature to act quickly. Individually and collectively, politicians respond to self-interest like even the laziest dogs hasten to the sound of kibble being poured into their dinner bowl.

Also, in the event the courts made a decision, Trump, not the Democrats, would have the greatest prominence and capacity for decision. His natural instinct would be to try to seize the initiative and steal the pre-existing condition issue from the Democrats. I would not bet against his being able to pull it off.

[DoodleDawg]

Moreover, if the courts deliver a dispositive ruling before the election, the spur of immediate political self-interest is one of the surest ways to get Congress or a legislature to act quickly. Individually and collectively, politicians respond to self-interest like even the laziest dogs hasten to the sound of kibble being poured into their dinner bowl

It's not going to be decided before November. And even if it was, and if it did strike down Obamacare completely, there is no way Congress could get a solution through. The Republicans are too divided and the Democrats have no motivation to solve it before the election.

Also, in the event the courts made a decision, Trump, not the Democrats, would have the greatest prominence and capacity for decision. His natural instinct would be to try to seize the initiative and steal the pre-existing condition issue from the Democrats. I would not bet against his being able to pull it off.

Pull it off how?