Is There Any Reason Or Indication That The GOP Will Even Listen On ACA Repeal.

[TheMastersNemesis]

I know none of the Colorado GOP Congressional delegation will listen. You won't see Coffman out in public again. Corey Gardner is a hard RW radical Christian who does not believe in a right to health care. For all i know he only believes in prayer. As far as the rest of the Congress men you won't see them out either. Ken Buck is a looney tune Christian.

And if you watch Ryan he get mad even if you ask him about ACA. We will see if all the protests work. i have my doubts.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. We need 3 Senators, and 5 seem to be trying to slow things down.

It isn't much but if you want some indication that is the best I can come up with.

[ProudLib72]

2. The dissonance between congress

and tRump is interesting, though. tRump wants it gone, but the GOP has no idea how to replace it. I think they would be happy to continue saying they are going to repeal it for the next four years. So will they bow to tRump in the face of public outcry? This seems like the first major threat to the alliance unless tRump backs down.

[DFW]

3. I see a right wing dilemma similar to Brexit

In the UK, too many voters stayed home for the vote, ignoring that the most fervent people were the vocal minority who wanted to leave, even if they didn't quite know why, and the fact is, there actually were some valid arguments for it (immigration was NOT one of them). When I see some of the wasteful bureaucratic idiocy coming out of Brussels, I almost feel like recommending that Germany follow the UK's example. But only almost. Many UK voters who stayed home got a shock when the result was announced, but that was too late--the morning after. Sound familiar?

Now the UK is trying to figure out at the same time how to leave, how to stay, and how to put off doing anything for as long as they can. The Republicans, except for the most fanatic among them (and they are numerous), know they want to deprive Obama of his biggest achievement, but they also know that 25,000,000 people who never had health care until the last few years will not refrain from voting if they get their coverage suddenly taken away again. It's one thing to go on Fox and declare that Obamacare sucks. It's another thing entirely to tell people that Republican Zerocare is better. Worse yet, Obamacare saved the government money, and the "fiscally conservative" Republicans tear their hair out trying to come up with a "well, yes, but...!" on that one.

So, they'll argue among themselves for a while. Their weak point is their lie that they'll come up with something better. If that were true, they'd have proposed it over five years ago. They promised America a MAGIC show, dammit. There's no rabbit in their hat, and the last thing they want to do is admit it. The fanatics will continue to push for immediate repeal because they get their jollies from seeing people suffer (and there are more of them than either party cares to admit out loud). But there are also Republicans who are convinced that their ranks can come up with a better plan to cover Americans with health insurance. Funny how they always expect it to be someone OTHER than themselves, though.