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Originally Posted by Track Collector
I think the premise for the reason for failure to pass a new bill is all wrong.
IMO all the signs point to a Republican Ruling Class WHO REALLY DON"T WANT TO GET RID OF OBAMACARE. The people elected them on the promises that they would actively seek repeal and replace with something "better", and now that they have essentially enough majorities to make it happen, something else is preventing them from doing do. To me the logical reason would be that their #1 priority is not the Will of the people, but the interests of their "donor" class, that is, those who give them lots of money to keep them in their positions of power and influence. Voters can and will remember during the next election cycle, so they will continue to do the delicate balancing act of "appearing" to work for the people while protecting the interests of their donors.
Add to this that they completely resent this political outsider Trump, and want him gone as soon as possible, so they will not be on board with much of the legislation that is going to make Trump look good to his supporters. Time to vote out these enemies of the people in future elections.
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I think it is much, much simpler than your hypothesis. My take on it is that it very easy for a Republican majority to continually vote for a repeal on Obamacare when they know that they have a Democrat in office who will veto it. It is a great grandstanding move and something that can be thrown in the Democrats' faces. It quite another thing to have the majority in both Congress and the Senate and have a Republican in the White House. Now your repeal vote actually has teeth and your bill be signed by the president. Now you are in a position where you actually have to come up with something that your constituents will like. All of a sudden, things aren't so easy and failure takes place. They had years to work on a good plan and cared only about spending their time opposing the president. Their failure is indeed epic.
