This is the very same fight of the 2016 primaries.
The Conservative Orthodoxy led by Ted Cruz vs the political pragmatists led by Donald Trump.
And it will be just as vicious here on FR.
But they love Trump’s position on most of the issues.
I expect to lose the health care issue. I just do.
They voted in the Senate to defund Planned Parenthood. They had to bring one senator out of the hospital to vote for it. Collins and Snowe, I believe, voted against it, and Pence had to break the tie. This was a vote to have a vote or something like that, but I’m fairly certain that Murkowski said she’d vote against it, too.
So, we will lose defunding PP because of 3 senators.
We will lose a straight repeal of ObamaCare for the same reason: Murkowski, Snowe, Collins, Capita, and Portman won’t support because of PP and because of Medicaid grants to states.
It’s just a fact of life.
So, do we compromise to get rid of ObamaCare with something that’s not close to what we want but does end the taxes and mandates, or do we keep ObamaCare?
I think it’s a no-brainer, but I’m ok with half a sandwich instead of ZERO sandwich at all.