Trump's America, March 2017: Using His Inside VOICE

wonder how long pravda has been waiting to hit publish on this? http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/24/ryancare-shifts-voters-against-gop-poll/

Hahah was just about to link that. Fun fact of course is that it's a Democratic poll they're citing.

Ned are you licking your chops for Darrel Issa's 2018 house campaign? Not sure if you're closer to OC than LA but I want this fucker to squirm.

Issa's toast, he barely held on last time and this time there'll be a shit-ton of anti-Trump animus

Oh he was already squirming last year. Next time around will be ridiculous. (Currently in SF and Issa was never my rep, but I'll happily watch him twist in the wind.)

Another no vote from Dave Joyce, meaning:

https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/845331426065219586

With @RepDaveJoyce's announcement, CBS News counts 38 GOP "no" votes for repeal/replace

h8 to indulge in 5th-dimensional chess about these dingbats but i'm nervous

is there any possibility that the republicans are, essentially, faking the 'no' votes and that there will be a sea change at the last minute -- a move designed to demoralize the left / shore up trump's image as a last-minute dealmaker?

or am i just giving everyone way too much credit

so does Ryan lose the speakership over this?

is there any possibility that the republicans are, essentially, faking the 'no' votes and that there will be a sea change at the last minute -- a move designed to demoralize the left / shore up trump's image as a last-minute dealmaker?

generally speaking, a Rep that publicly commits to vote one way and then actually votes another on the floor will get pilloried/laughed out of office

like Trump admin actually thinks no Congressmen will be brazen enough to vote "no" when that's, like, a thing they do, and often.

Ryan getting carted out and screaming WAIT, WAIT, I'M WITH YOU ON RUSSIA NOW!

The light dawns!

https://twitter.com/Alex_Roarty/status/845327186227810304

GOP aide on CapHill: "I'm starting to think that while we're pretty good at winning elections, we're not great at the whole governing thing"

man the wheels are really coming off now

According to [new Quinnipiac] poll, which surveyed 1,056 voters nationwide from March 16-21, 66 percent of respondents said they wanted an independent commission to investigate the links between Trump campaign advisers and the Russian government, compared to 29 percent who did not think so. Sixty-five percent of respondents think alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is either “very important” or “somewhat important,” and 63 percent said they were “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about Trump’s relationship with Russia.

xpost to gbx

i think this thing is going down. i share your hesitance to celebrate early, though.

my real fear is that they'll just turn around and push tons of tax cuts in a few weeks, it'll pass easily, and the amnesiac americans will push trump's favorability back to where it was 2 weeks ago

What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.
What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.
What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.
What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.
What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.
What happens to the party if bill fails? "It's a big black eye, oh my goodness," Collins said.

Imagine what Paul Ryan must think. First, Trump goads him into rushing a bill into existence, then pledges 100% support for a couple of days, then he cuts him off at the knees in the most public way possible. If Ryan holds the vote and the bill goes down in flames, he's humiliated. If Ryan defies Trump and asserts his power as Speaker to delay the vote, he and Trump will be locked in a death match and the party explodes. Interesting times.

my real fear is that they'll just turn around and push tons of tax cuts in a few weeks

Party unity is fucked after this, is the problem. FC will be emboldened to push for totally insane shit, moderates will balk, Speaker will have no credibility, Trump will be awol.

my real fear is that they'll just turn around and push tons of tax cuts in a few weeks, it'll pass easily, and the amnesiac americans will push trump's favorability back to where it was 2 weeks ago

Relax on that point -- pretty much everyone says things like AHCA are nowhere near as complicated as tax reform.

"We want the vote," senior administration official says. "If they want to go against the president, they should do it on live TV."

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wWIbCtz_Xwk/hqdefault.jpg

its almost as if getting into bed with an idiot with the temperament of a 6 year old was a bad idea!!

xp

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Bill being invited to the floor to cut the mics of "nay" voters

And in sum

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/845332819660431362

Why vote on the health care bill if you don't have the votes?

Spicer: "I'm not going to discuss our strategy."

serious question does Spicer get to be the Easter Bunny this year, or will Trump call up Christie and be like "I got a WH position for you"

Οὖτιςkle on the money with "I approve of them all stabbing each other in the back, this is really best-case scenario for the GOP."

So many fun things.

the idea and message is that “we’ll remember you.”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0

is there any possibility that the republicans are, essentially, faking the 'no' votes

Oh joy, that takes me back. The "shy tory" angle from the election.

nice NYT homepage headline

BREAKING NEWS Paul Ryan rushed to the White House to tell President Trump he does not have the votes to pass the repeal of Obamacare

in an ambulance?

more like a waahmbulance

great response to the Alex Roarty tweet that Ned posted above:

Alex Roarty Verified account @Alex_Roarty
GOP aide on CapHill: "I'm starting to think that while we're pretty good at winning elections, we're not great at the whole governing thing"

Greg Pinelo Retweeted Alex Roarty
And were it not for gerrymandering, voter suppression and maybe Russian collusion, you wouldn't be good at winning elections either.

big diff between millions of civilian voters and a coupla hundred Congressmen who could lose even by faking a "no" vote for a day.

anything's possible but seems like a sitcom-y approach

xxpost

Spot the errors:

https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/845330866205188097

Bravo @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @SpeakerTrump for holding a vote. We should get to know who stood with @NancyPelosi

I'm trying to imagine the positions switched where Trump's running the House, Ryan is president.

lol @ WaPo's "no" whip count continuing to tick up

A little over an hour to go! Allegedly.

politico has a countdown clock!

so does CBSN.

i say this as the only person in the entire world that is watching CBSN

srsly i would consider unplugging for a couple hours if i wuz you...

on an idiocratic note:

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/325599-pro-wrestling-star-kane-running-for-office-in-tennessee-report

xpost I'm going to guess that stands for Can't Believe Shit Now

i say this as the only person in the entire world that is watching CBSN

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Comey now reported to being in th WH. This is sitcom Friends stuff where in the final scene everyone's in the same room. Silent.

oh he gets a vote too?

"It was all a misunderstanding!"

Laughs
Hugs
Cue end tune

Xp

I kinda want all this to come together. Comey announces universal health care, Ryan sent on secret mission to stop Russia with his bro workout routine.

I can see it now, Trump's like "I gotta distract from this health care thing. Think I'll fire Comey, that'll be typical no-one-cares late Friday afternoon stuff."

Ryan getting lost in Siberia... Now there's a nice scene.

I have no idea why Comey would be needed at the WH, apart from Trump is bonkers and indeed, like Ned indicates, he'll need a decoy or is just and idiot.

"so... whadayagot on Ryan?"

*Nelson laugh*

https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/845340361698541568

Hearing from multiple GOP sources that leadership is desperate to pull this bill.

maybe they're accepting failure on the AHCA today and moving on to Russia?

"so... whadayagot on Ryan?"

lool i was just typing variation of that