What if, perhaps, Obamacare is actually good and the GOP lit its hair on fire just to frighten the American people & score political points?
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) March 24, 2017
BREAKING: Stocks sharply rebound after news that House pulled GOP health plan https://t.co/TU32GDDTDF pic.twitter.com/F9bJniW536
— CNBC (@CNBC) March 24, 2017
Yes, it’s only one battle, the GOP will never give up, think of the Media Village Idiots whose cocktail-party weekend has just been ruint, yadayadayada. As a devout Cynic, I’ve always felt that one of our Democrats’ greatest weaknesses is that we can never stop looking for the defeat lurking behind every victory. Tomorrow, we gird for the next fight — tonight, we celebrate!
Apart from cheering our warriors, what’s on the agenda as we start our well-earned weekend?
John Lewis went off. #KillTheBillpic.twitter.com/co9eh4wjwi
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) March 24, 2017
Trump tells the New York Times that the AHCA bill failure is the Democrats' fault https://t.co/ptisvmhrG8
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) March 24, 2017
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla), asked what this failure meant:
"Obamacare is the law of the land."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 24, 2017
Essential piece of today’s GOP disaster is Dem resolve & unity in never once showing any inclination to help out the GOP.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 24, 2017
Held her caucuses together to save Social Security, to pass ACA, & to save ACA.
She’s one of the most underrated pols of the last 50 yrs
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 24, 2017
If there's four years of dealmaking like this, Pelosi's going to wind up owning Mar-a-Lago.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 24, 2017
Really interesting that White House has made it seem like Obamacare is unsustainable ready to collapse and now they're like we're moving on
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) March 24, 2017
Two months from now Trump will be denying he ever wanted Obamacare repealed
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 24, 2017
GOP aide on CapHill: "I'm starting to think that while we're pretty good at winning elections, we're not great at the whole governing thing"
— Alex Roarty (@Alex_Roarty) March 24, 2017
"It's going to pass, so that’s it," Spicer says, again stressing that there is no Plan B and no contingency.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 23, 2017
“This parachute is going to open, & that’s it.”
“Uh, there’s no pull cord. In fact, that’s a toddler’s Hello Kitty backpack”
“It will open” https://t.co/sdJ7TKWjHN— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 23, 2017
President Trump says he'd be "open" to bargaining with Democrats on a health care bill. https://t.co/sH3F7LxTrW
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 24, 2017
(And I am “open” to being handed a large bag of money, no strings attached. LOSER!)
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