Random Politics & Religion #25

Red state governors refusing that Medicare expansion totally has nothing to do with the ACA appearing to be failing in red states yet data shows it successful in Blue states.

Democrats will vote for any health care reform as long as Republicans promise to still call it Obamacare. He is their saint. He is their God. Democrats love Obama more than anything. They love Obama more than their own lives. It was his crowning achievement and they will never let it be taken away no matter how horribly it is failing. It is so simple. Just promise to still call it Obamacare.

If you live in a state that opted out of the Medicaid Expansion component of the ACA you probably think it's failing. Whereas, if you live in a state that opted in you see that it has been successful.

Thats what the data says but, I'm sure someone with a politicized stance say that's placing the blame.

President Donald Trump convened a strategy session over steak and succotash at the White House with senators Monday night, trying to plot an uphill path to repealing Obamacare and replacing it with a GOP alternative.

He made an impassioned pitch on why Republicans needed to do it now — and the political peril they could face if they didn’t “repeal and replace” after promising to do it for years. He also vented about Democrats and the legislative process. “He basically said, if we don’t do this, we’re in trouble,” said one person briefed on the meeting. “That we have the Senate, House and White House, and we have to do it or we’re going to look terrible.” ...

White House officials said they purposely picked veteran lawmakers who they saw as allies to attend the dinner with Trump, not legislators they thought were on the fence. But the bill was already on a knife edge, with a vote delayed this week due to the absence of Arizona Sen. John McCain due to a medical procedure.

Trump has privately wondered why legislators don’t seem to listen to him, and the blow from Moran and Lee illustrated the limits of the president’s capacity to master the art of the Washington deal.

“None of the people at the dinner were the ones they should have been worried about,” said one person involved in the discussions.

Trump allies have sometimes attacked Republicans the White House needs to support the bill. He has alienated some senators with his unorthodox tweets and his inattention to policy details, even as they have praised others on his staff. He has sometimes expressed a view that Democrats would like to work with Republicans, as he did Monday night, even though his staff harbors skepticism.

“Why would Trump call McCain crusty Monday afternoon?” one White House official asked. “Because that’s the word that came to his brain.”

P. S. Tired of all the winning yet?

Yeah, we are having a great time laughing at the clueless President while nothing gets done and his fearmongering doomsday scenarios don't come to fruition.

Trump’s 2016 Democratic rival is viewed favorably by just 39 percent of Americans in the latest Bloomberg National Poll, two points lower than the president. It’s the second-lowest score for Clinton since the poll started tracking her in September 2009.

The former secretary of state has always been a polarizing figure, but this survey shows she’s even lost popularity among those who voted for her in November.

Trump is still winning a number of victories with the Rust Belt on things the media isn't covering.

They actually are covering his lying about job numbers.

How was that coronation again? Did Queen Hillary tell you that you were the queen of the ball that night?

Why do you keep saying things like this? It wasn't funny or original the first time.

And I mean all the mining/blue collar job stories he's been claiming to save that turn out not to be true.

It's not really better if his main goal is to hurt everyone.

Its funny, because they have never actually put forth a bill trying to fix Obamacare, but keep making things up and try to blame the Dems! Thats all you are good for nausi.

Red state governors refusing that Medicare expansion totally has nothing to do with the ACA appearing to be failing in red states yet data shows it successful in Blue states.

Oh and the bromance continues:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/342589-ian-bremmer-trump-and-putin-held-second-informal-meeting-during-g-20

What, those job numbers that already have beaten what Obama and his administration has posted in the 8 years he was in charge?

Yeah, thats gonna be impossible, Obama inherited an unemployment rate of 10% and lowered it to less than 5%. Nobody is going to do better than that, and Trump isn't even close to doing it. There is no chance Trump adds more jobs than Obama.

And the labor participation rate fell 3.1%. Oops.

For the life of me i dont understand this point. MAGA has nohing to do with where the hats are made. Absolutely zero.

Buying anything for a premium just because its American only means something to libs who belive in things like minimum Wage.

And its going to keep falling as the baby boomers continue to retire, so what?

Yeah, thats gonna be impossible, Obama inherited an unemployment rate of 10% and lowered it to less than 5%. Nobody is going to do better than that, and Trump isn't even close to doing it. There is no chance Trump adds more jobs than Obama.

And its going to keep falling as the baby boomers continue to retire, so what?