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To: jlallen who wrote (1008372)

3/28/2017 1:55:32 PM

From: Brumar89

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"The Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare as soon as ObamaCare folds - not long. Do not worry, we are in very good shape!"

Donald J. Trump
?@realDonaldTrump

POLLING: House Freedom Caucus Saved GOP From 2018 Disaster
By Raz Shafer | March 28, 2017, 10:42am | @razshafer

Full Repeal is Key to Keeping the GOP’s Integrity and Majority

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) has been under intense fire for their integral role in keeping the GOP from breaking their biggest promise in decades: Repeal and Replace ObamaCare. They’ve been threatened with primary election opponents and told that they’ve doomed the Republican Party by “making perfect the enemy of the good.” While President Trump and Senate leadership look to even further water down their weak bill by partnering with Democrats, the HFC stood by their promise.

Republicans in the House and Senate should be sending Congressman Meadows a thank you note for saving the GOP from 2018 electoral disaster. – Chris Wilson ( @WilsonWPA)

Since Speaker Ryan pulled the ACHA, plenty of sources in Congress and the punditry have made the argument that the members of the HFC put their congressional seats in jeopardy and have done significant electoral harm to the GOP in general. Thanks to an incredible suite of analysis by WPA Research, we can now put that notion to bed as utterly false.

Data from three WPA national predictive models on 1) Speaker Ryan’s AHCA, 2) Obamacare, and 3) a plan to fully repeal Obamacare and replace it with market-based solutions show that the Freedom Caucus members were, in fact, doing the will of their constituents in helping defeat the AHCA.

Moreover, the data show overwhelming support for full repeal and replace and suggest that the House Freedom Caucus did the Senate, and Republicans’ hopes of expanding their Senate majority, a great service in stopping the bill before it made it across the Capitol.

THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS DID WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANTED

Whatever negative things opponents may say about members of the House Freedom Caucus, it’s dishonest to say that they acted against the will of their constituents. Not only do their districts strongly favor full repeal of ObamaCare but in only one member’s case did they prefer the half-measure ACHA bill to leaving ObamaCare intact.

This carefully researched and modeled data makes clear that each member of the HFC did the explicit will of their constituents. Members’ resolve to stand by their principles and districts should be reinforced by these findings. They have nothing to fear from electoral threats, whether by President Trump or their own Republican leadership.

DEATH-SPIRALING OBAMACARE STILL MORE POPULAR THAN ACHA

While the Senate never got an opportunity to vote on the ACHA, leadership and many members voiced resounding support for the pitiful bill. They hoped that they could deceive their constituents into believing that the ACHA represented a promise kept, and that it would translate into rising support when many of them headed out on the campaign trail for re-election next year. WPA Research’s data, however, shows that doing so would have seriously broken with their electorate’s desires and put Republican seats in jeopardy.

EVERY SENATE BATTLEGROUND OPPOSES ACHA

It turns out that keeping promises matters. The crop of Republicans up for Senate re-election were carried to victory on one promise: full repeal and replacement of ObamaCare. Democrats on the ballot in 2018 haven’t faced voters since so many of the negative effects of that legislation became crystal clear to voters.

WPA Research’s analysis shows that not only is true Repeal-Replace a winner in Republican states but that it will put Democrats in a very tight electoral bind. Failure to take action could jeopardize the tenuous Republican majority but fulfilling their 7-year promise could provide an opportunity to pick up several key seats.

While it is clear the constituents of House Freedom Caucus members prefer repeal and replace, supporting this approach would also be a net-win in the key 2018 Senate states. Likewise, a vote to preserve Obamacare, rather than repealing and replacing, would be a net-loss for endangered Democrats.

The table below shows the number of supporters who prefer a repeal-and-replace plan versus those who support keeping Obamacare as is. While the margins are tight in some states, in every state there is a net preference for repeal-and-replace.

Our models illustrate the supported course of action is move a repeal-and-replace bill. Not only does this positioning have overwhelming support in each state, it would force endangered Democrats to choose between their party and their constituents.

DON’T FALL FOR THE LIES

Moderate Republicans are stinging from the defeat of the ACHA and will continue to lash out at conservatives and the HFC in particular. The WPA Research analysis shows clearly that the HFC’s efforts have not only stood by their district’s desires but protected the GOP’s electoral chances in 2018.

This data shows one clear course forward: Repeal and Replace Obamacare. Further, it makes clear that crafting an even more liberal piece of legislation would spell absolute doom for Republicans.

The GOP must honor their promise and completely repeal and replace this disaster of a law.

theresurgent.com

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Reveals They Were Never Serious About Repealing Obamacare in the First Place
By Erick Erickson | March 28, 2017, 05:00am

redstate.com

According to Senator John Cornyn, the GOP will not try to repeal Obamacare via reconciliation again. Instead, they’ll work with Democrats.

Erica Werner @ericawerner

Cornyn says flatly that health care will not be attempted again via reconciliation. "It's clear it needs to be done on a bipartisan basis."

They hung conservatives out to dry, blamed the House Freedom Caucus, and are now giving away the game. They never intended to repeal Obamacare in the first place. If they did, they’d try again via reconciliation instead of surrendering altogether.

They were not serious, but they had to set up conservatives to be the fall guys.

theresurgent.com

As one who is to the right of the Republicrat party, I'm running out of people I can vote for. There's still Cruz and Abbott. Not sure if they'll be anymore on the ballot. My days of voting straight ticket R are over.

Devon Anderson lost to Democrat Kim Ogg last time because people like me remembered her betrayal of conservativism in indicting the investigative journalists who exposed Planned Baby Butchering for Profit. I am GLAD a Democrat won in her place. A lesson needed to be taught. I only vote Republican because they're the conservative party ... and if Republicans are going to betray conservatives, let Democrats beat them.

Now Ted Poe, my longtime Congressman, dropped out of the Freedom Caucus and said he would've voted for TrumpRyancare. Cornyn is opposed to repealing Ocare. They will both never get my vote again and I don't care if Democrats beat them. If Republicans want conservative votes, then need to work for us, not attack us.