Paul Ryan

[Hortensis]

36. Umhm. Throw off his whole agenda that actually

included trying to come through on some of his promises to his voters, plus spend, spend, spend on military and infrastructure? And/or Ryan? This from Vox:

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said in 2015 that when he was elected, in 2010, he thought it meant a critical mass of voters supported free-market principles; but when he saw those same voters gravitating to Trump, he realized “they’re just voting for the craziest guy in the race.” The merits of that observation aside, the point remains that the political base of the Freedom Caucus and the political base of the administration with whom they’re negotiating are one and the same.

That political base, of course, is sold on the idea of Obamacare reform because they’re sold on Trump’s promises that they will have better, cheaper insurance than they have right now.

The Freedom Caucus's actions are here diametrically opposed to its voters' wishes.

Wonder what's happening with the Koch alliance. Jane Mayer reported that, after Obama's election, over 700 centimillionaires and billionaires attended their next big meeting. Huge leap in size. Supposedly the Freedom caucus is having something of an "identity crisis" now that they don't have a Democratic president to oppose. Is a large part of the alliance?

Have a nice one.