Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Last time we got it around 5 or 6 EST.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT4| The leaks are coming from inside the white house
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Last time we got it around 5 or 6 EST.
Bad, bad idea. People like possibilities better than reality.
Say "we want Medicaid public option." = good
Write 2,000-page bill on how to get that done, including all the tax hikes and etching out exactly who the winners and losers are = bad.
Pre-drafted legislation is either pure political theater (like the one-sentence bill to terminate the EPA), or unnecessarily giving the opposition too much ammo.
Wittes is having a Rick Wilson moment, he shouldn't be hyping shit up if he doesn't know when its going to drop.
Fenderputty
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I mean ... they HAVE been working on it for 7 years now. You wouldn't want to toss away 7 years of work would you?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I think time lowers people's interest in this. I feel like that's how the House bill passed. Same bill might be exactly what they do.
IggyChooChoo
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Bingo
They will have a vote again in two weeks when people either become apathetic or the talking heads tire them out.
benicillin
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Ahh come on a lot of you just spent several days saying with absolute certainty that the senators publicly saying no were all pre-planned behind closed doors with the puppet master McConnell and the bill was going to pass. At least wait a few days and let's see what happens if people can keep the pressure up before you start with saying they'll just introduce the same bill and this was all part of their plan.
So why is his superPAC paying for ads against 5?
Macho Madness
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wow that's quite the exciting defense of the incredible bill that's going to give everyone healthcare isn't it
I wonder if that's the case here. Hearing Sen. Collins talk about "I'm a no unless there's a whole new bill" will make clear to interested people that this conversation is ongoing, and that the coming recess will be a way to spark pressure/go protest at home/burn up phone lines. The trick in the House is they could send their draft to 'another place'. Not necessarily true here.
Oh my FUCKING God. This guy.
He thinks? How?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I mean...it's based on previous evidence. They literally did the same thing in the House. You think they're just going to say, "Hey, you know what? All right, we'll stop trying to repeal Obamacare like we've promised for years."
That doesn't make any sense at all.
BoogieWoogie
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He's saying this shit after numerous GOP senators have now come out saying they're not for the bill but he's not sure because he only get his fucking information FROM CABLE NEWS.
Heaven help us.
Heaven help us.
So.....is he saying they have 50-52 votes?
This is still the worst thing. He has one of the best intelligence agencies in the world, and his primary source of info is Fox News.
whyamihere
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That's not why the House bill passed. It passed because they made changes to appease the Freedom Caucus by making it worse.
benicillin
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It's not the same thing that happened in the house because the whole reason the bill eventually could leave the house is that they could send it to the senate.
Obviously they're going to be voting on something at some point. They control all three branches of the government. And it's important we keep the pressure on. But the McConnell smile-watch where every day is part of the GOPs master plan to...act like a functional party is just kinda silly.
BoogieWoogie
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Holy shit LOL
Can we just all agree its dementia?
Can we just all agree its dementia?
As well as desperately wanting a win and knowing it wouldn't be the final version of the bill.
BobTheFork
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The R's that came out after the delay are stupid and selfish and are trying to make themselves look good. Of course Trump is even more selfish and stupid and had to try and make himself look good right after they came out against it.
It's stupid tripping over stupid.
It's like staring into infinity.
UberTag
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A Chinese phone manufacturer.
Macho Madness
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wow very excite
whyamihere
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he has the best words.
BobTheFork
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Al Franken should have dropped that line.
Murkowski is about to fuck his shit up goddamHoly shit LOL
Can we just all agree its dementia?
What does any of this even mean?
BoogieWoogie
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Macho Madness
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trump sounds bored talking about this and wants to move on
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
LOL what?
Aaron Strife
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He probably thought he could get this done in a week.
Trump is what would happen if any idiot off the street became president tomorrow.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'm not saying the reasons for bringing the bill back are the same. However, they aren't going to quit. Trump campaigned on this. He isn't letting it go. GOP campaigned on this. They aren't letting it go.
Spoiled Milk
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Move on to what? They can't finance tax cuts without this, they can't build a border wall because it costs too much, he's already killing civilians in Iraq and Syria and "going after the families", and we know he can't pass tariffs. What does this president even do
That sounds like reports back in April/May of his opinion on Healthcare.
whyamihere
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West coast best coast.
From all reports it is hard to keep his attention on anything for longer than about half an hour. If he had his druthers I am sure he would love to just golf all day and give an occasional speech at a rally, and that would be "being President" for him. He cares nothing for health care policy, or any policy really, beyond putting a "win" on the board.
Autodidact
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Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
GOP aides says new plan is to get a deal by Friday and have CBO estimate over recess. They aren't letting this go.
Sorry--shouldnt have attached those. You are right. Wanted to make a statement on time increasing apathy and thought it had an effect on the public ignoring the House bill the 2nd time through.
Sorry--shouldnt have attached those. You are right. Wanted to make a statement on time increasing apathy and thought it had an effect on the public ignoring the House bill the 2nd time through.
ratcliffja
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Trump: "Meh, I never cared about Health Care anyway. Do what you guys want."
GOP in Congress: "We went over this already. If we don't pass our bill, we don't pass our budget. If we don't pass our budget, no wall."
Trump: "Snore... wait what was that? No wall? Do that health care thing that you guys were talking about or else!"
GOP in Congress: "We went over this already. If we don't pass our bill, we don't pass our budget. If we don't pass our budget, no wall."
Trump: "Snore... wait what was that? No wall? Do that health care thing that you guys were talking about or else!"
UberTag
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Golf, tweet, talk about his historic election victory, campaign, golf some more, eat some well-done steak with ketchup, tweet FAKE NEWS, leak secrets to the Russians, golf...
Its a good point. I mean this is EXACTLY how the House bill passed. The OG sucked, it flopped, the opposition to the bill relaxed somewhat but the coverage definitely waned. Then they barely changed the bill and it passed.
If they have 50-52 votes already, then hold the vote right now.
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