I was following Joel up to the point where he took a flying leap off the platform of reality and stated, “Trump will turn to the moderate Democrats and offer them a deal.”
A “moderate Democrat” is an oxymoron.
I was somewhat disconcerted by the President’s seemingly enthusiastic support of the bill - but I have little doubt Trump is playing the long game.
You can sugar coat this all you want. The truth is Trump’s job just got a whole lot tougher. And it was already untenable before. The rebubs talk a good game, but in the end they want the same thing the dems want. We, as well as Trump have been played. This weakens Trump and the deep state will swoop in and pray on this weakness. Why do you think there was no bombshell out today on the wire tapping. It’s because it was pulled at the same time the health care bill was. I don’t want to underestimate Trump, but I don’t see how he can recover from this.
So the hyped-up vote did not happen. Big deal.
Can they not regroup and work out a better bill ?
Isn’t that what Congress is supposed to do ?
Trump will propose single payer within the month, and the Dems will accept the wall and deportation.
I would agree the Democrats are probably the biggest loser.
The next bill will be more conservative than this Obamacare 2.0
So we'll wait until 2018 - the next chance for voters to weigh in - until we can take the next step?
What's Joel trying to say?
It’s amazing to watch all the hand-wringers and pearl clutchers rant as if Trump were just another politician doing the same ole politician thing. LOL
Many are the same ones who were swooning over what an outsider, a breath of fresh air he is. (and I think he is)
We’ve been played.... AGAIN.
I can’t wrap my head around the notion of American citizens who think it’s alright for our government to FORCE us to buy insurance!!!
Hugo Chavez, yes.... Castro, yes... but here in the USA?!?!?
Sometimes not making the deal happen is better in the long run.
Obummercare will implode and Trump can use it to rally for more conservatives in the house and Senate in 2018.
One thing that is being overlooked by everybody is that Ryancare is the insurance companies bill — in many ways it is their bailout.
The insurance companies through Ryan overplayed their hand. Now they have to face the Obamacare implosion/explosion.
In a short amount of time the insurance companies will realize they are the biggest losers as many may go out of business.
As sure as the sun rises in the East, they will be back at the negotiating table begging for scraps just to stay alive.
They had their chance, but they failed due to their greed.
The downside couldn’t be more clear.
The Art of the Deal.
Trump gave Speaker Paul Ryan and the House Republican leadership enough rope to hang themselves. Instead of dictating terms to him, they will now depend on him to save them, politically. They must accept whatever plan he will put forward.
Which is the genius I explained to my friends on the left, who wondered why Trump is being so magnanimous toward Ryan after this defeat.
Let the asshat expose himself to failure and ridicule, then reign him in for support of the plan that will actually succeed and result in demonstrable success.
Spock plays chess with Trump, loses and gains a new understanding of warrior strategy.
I’ll have to put up with jibes from the other side for another year, until he prevails, then again for another 5 years until our plan proves out as the more reasoned and ultimately more successful plan.
YES!
Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers
The “Art of the deal”??
This will work quite well in a business arena where both parties can see gaining something and are willing to give something in order to gain it.
Not so in politics. The dems want to gain everything and want Americans to lose everything. This includes the GOPe collaborators.
Much swamp draining needs to occur before Trump’s agenda will succeed.