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jg10003

(1,058 posts) Fri May 5, 2017, 12:38 AM May 2017

Nate Silver suggests the GOP strategy on the health care vote [View all]

If the bill quietly dies in the Senate this summer, for instance, it’s not clear that a vote taken in May 2017 will be at the top of voters’ minds in November 2018.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-health-care-bill-could-be-a-job-killer-for-gop-incumbents/

I suspect this is exactly what the GOP is planning. Give the far right a meaningless victory today, let the senate kill Trumpcare in the middle of summer when no one is paying attention, and hope that by election day 2018 everyone has forgotten about today's vote

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Nate Silver suggests the GOP strategy on the health care vote [View all] jg10003 May 2017 OP

Nope. lapfog_1 May 2017 #1

Correct. kentuck May 2017 #11

Republican tax reform being a massive theft of money by the 1% from the 99% workinclasszero May 2017 #15

There is more than enough footage to play over and over Historic NY May 2017 #2

They also need to invest in online advertising. BannonsLiver May 2017 #5

thank you, thank you, thank you. n/t. okieinpain May 2017 #18

And hammer the point at every turn Bettie May 2017 #13

its always been meaningless MFM008 May 2017 #3

Oh, but THIS day will not fade into the blackhole of amnesia they hope we have. Grammy23 May 2017 #4

This vote will go down in infamy. Mme. Defarge May 2017 #6

Ugly things seem to happen in May which is such a beautiful month. world wide wally May 2017 #7

Yeah, they don't really want to get rid of the taxes in the ACA to benefit the wealthy at all. Trust Buster May 2017 #8

Whatever.. their willingness to kill their voters and Cha May 2017 #9

I'm smelling the same kind of complacent confidence that predicted Trump didn't have a chance Azathoth May 2017 #10

There is one MASSIVE flaw with this strategy by Nate Silver... titaniumsalute May 2017 #12

I posted this reply on another thread a few days ago: tblue37 May 2017 #14

Senate Republicans don't work for the American people dalton99a May 2017 #16

Exactly this Historic NY May 2017 #17