I read that this morning elsewhere but the GOP are too chicken to use any tactic that might actually benefit We The People and cave to the screaming and screeching of the Left that they are bastardizing the legislative process. Watch & See.
And YES I am still a fan of Ted Cruz even if it isn’t a popular thing to do around here. It was a brutal race. Politics is pretty much a blood-sport. We engage, we move on, we move forward to win the war not just the battle.
If he can pull this off, he will officially be out of my personal doghouse.
I was and am as strong a Trumpser as you were a Cruiser, but, feeling Cruz was an excellent second choice, never wanted to excommunicate Cruisers. Ted's a great lawyer, just where we need him now, and this is the first idea to come up that gives a really good shot at a proper repeal/replace.
I agree with you that the GOP will most likely find a way to cave.
As for Cruz, I think he behaved very badly during the campaign but since the election he has redeemed himself several different times. He is a good man and a good conservative and may end up doing some great things.
He apparently went temporarily insane during the campaign but as you say, we must move on and move forward and Cruz right now is a definite positive force on our side.
Ted is by far a better choice then most of the GOPe cowards who are afraid of their shadows. Can’t believe how the GOPe cowers in the face of certain win.
If Cruz operated that way, then he'd be a more formidable opponent of the leftists.
Still a Cruz fan, myself, Qwackertoo. No reason not to be; especially now that his knowledge and skills are finding a worthwhile outlet in undoing this crap that is Zero-don’t-care.
Let’s dump the whole damn thing, lock, stock and barrel, in one fell swoop. Dump the mandate, dump the handouts to insurance companies, dump the fines and penalties.
Simple follow on legislation to open up health insurance sales across state lines, and another piece to allow importation of prescription medications. I know others, here, will call that simplistic, but I don’t think it needs to be any more complex than that, at the FedGov level. The states would have to craft more comprehensive local legislation to effect those new circumstances.
Medical tort reform can come when it’s ready, IMO. Not a big fan of topping out civil damages, in general, but let’s see what they can come up with.
Keep your chin up. There are at least 2 of us here at Good Old FR. And I expect that Cruz will be Trump's number one guy in the Senate over the next few years.