It's going to pass......JMHO.

[Ms. Toad]

74. This is a repeat of what started thsi conversation.

In all fairness, Ryan did not have (or take) the necessary time to write, lobby and build the support needed for a bill on something as complex and embedded to our economy as healthcare. If they/he really wanted it to pass, if the WH really cared about it passing, they would most certainly allot time to do what was needed to ensure success.

Ryan did not fall of the turnip truck 2 weeks ago, or even on election day - nor did most of his fellow republican congresscritters.

Bills informally carry forward in substance, and sponsors, from prior incarnations - so there is no need to extend fairness to him because he didn't have long enough to draft the bill. He, and his fellow Republicans had 7 years, not 2 weeks, to write it.

I'm on the governing body for a national lobbying group - and the idea of starting from scratch with each new Congress does not match with my experience.