By any measure, the collapse of the Senate health-care bill represents an epic failure for the Republican Party and a major embarrassment for President Trump. The crusade that animated — and bound — conservatives for seven years proved to be a mirage, an objective without a solution. Power comes with […] Read more »
NBC News/WSJ Poll: Just 12% in Key Trump Counties Back GOP Health Care Effort
Just 12 percent of Americans living in the counties that fueled Donald Trump’s win in the 2016 presidential election support the Republican Party’s efforts on health care, according to results from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of these “Trump counties.” CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
What We Learned From Obamacare Repeal Fail and What It Could Mean Going Forward
With the collapse – for now – of GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare, there’s plenty of blame to go around. But, there are also important lessons to take about why it failed and what it may mean for Republicans in the 2018 midterms. … Trump says he won’t “own” Obamacare […] Read more »
With health-bill collapse, Republicans face uncertain electoral future in 2018
As the seven-year Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act crashed on the threshold of the Senate, President Trump offered his party a rescue strategy. Step one: Blame Democrats. Step two: Win more seats and try again. “We’re not going to own it. I’m not going to own it. […] Read more »
Paul Ryan’s Approval Suffers as Republican Agenda Stalls
It would be hard to find a Republican who has suffered more than House Speaker Paul Ryan as Congress and President Donald Trump have struggled to turn GOP promises into reality. More people now view the House speaker in a negative light rather than a positive one, 48 percent to […] Read more »
The Demise of the Health Care Bill Shows That Policy Still Matters
Over the past few years, it’s become fashionable among many political experts to deny that policy substance plays much of a role in motivating the electoral choices of the American public. The dominant picture of citizen behavior in contemporary accounts is that of a crude tribalism, in which individuals’ salient […] Read more »