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Post by cjm on Mar 28, 2017 8:40:38 GMT
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Post by Trog on Mar 29, 2017 8:00:49 GMT
I don't understand lots of things about this.
1. The bill was in fact bad. To reject it was the proper thing to do.
2. Had it been approved, it would've been a massive albatross around the Republican's neck.
3. Bannon did not approve of it. I doubt that Trump had much knowledge about what the bill actually contained, but if Bannon didn't like it, Trump wouldn't like it.
4. The Freedom Caucus are the natural allies of Bannon, and of Trump.
So why did Trump, and Bannon, do their level best to get the thing passed? When they know it is bad, they know it will hurt them, and they know that they will alienate their natural support, of which they have precious little in the Republican party? (They even promised that there will be consequences for those who obstructed the bill. When those people are perhaps, as far as appearances go anyway, risking their careers to save both the presidency and the party).
Maybe they knew that the thing won't pass anyway, so that they were free to make all outward appearances of giving their all to get it to pass. But why, even, do that, and risk their reputation? To gain leverage over Ryan and the rest of the GOP?
I'm sure that there are much subtler things at play here, which are being missed by all of the 'expert' political commentators I've read so far.
The alternative is that Trump and Bannon don't have a clue of what they're doing. I'm reluctant to think that.
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Post by cjm on Mar 29, 2017 9:03:29 GMT
... The alternative is that Trump and Bannon don't have a clue of what they're doing. I'm reluctant to think that. I see that there is a chance that some agreement might yet be reached between the various parties. Perhaps the analyses of the Bill by other parties are wrong? People bitch like hell about the current system. ObamaCare seems in general to have improved health cover
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