So now we listen to David Gergen?

[BzaDem]

32. "The world is not a complicated place when it comes to Republicans."

And yet somehow, despite everything you said about how implacable and impervious to pressure Republicans are, three Republicans saw fit to kill the last version of Obamacare repeal. These republicans were by no means Obamacare fans: they all voted against Obamacare in the first instance, and two of the three previously voted to repeal all of it (back when Obama was president). Despite all of this, they decided to save Obamacare by preventing its repeal, when their votes were decisive, after months of pressure from Democrats. That state of affairs is quite inconvenient for your argument, and your simplistic worldview.

You would claim that this surely had nothing to do with the strategic pressure Democrats have been putting on the Republicans over the last several months. In fact, you would have us believe that no action of any Democrat contributed to this outcome. Yet the outcome happened anyway, with three Republican votes being decisive. Hmmmmmmm.