I don’t agree with the idea that the Dems should agree to reopen the government in exchange for an agreement to negotiate the ACA subsidies later. As someone who negotiates business agreements, I am reminded of the notion that no terms are agreed to unless all terms are agreed to.
What assurances are there that the Republicans will actually follow through on that promise? It should be abundantly clear that the totality of the Congressional GOP are either MAGA true believers or feckless cowards more concerned with not angering Trump than actually doing the job they were elected to do. And, frankly, Democrats would be stupid to take Donald Trumps word for anything given his stated antipathy to anything associated with President Obama, not the least of which is the ACA.
Just want to flag that I predicted in your last post that "an MTG-type would rhetorically break from the pack." Should've locked it in on Polymarket, since the woman herself tweeted in support of the ACA subsidies today.
(Granted, the specific rhetoric I used as an example was that an MTG-type would advocate for a forever shutdown, but I'd like to think I was close enough.)
- I'm surprised Matt didn't mention the main reason the Republicans "Dems want to give ACA to illegal immigrants and transgender hookers" trope (one that even Thune has used variations of) is failing: it's a LIE. And a really bad one, too. Worse yet, it's backfiring.
- We've got Marjorie Taylor Greene peeling off from Johnson 's weak attempts at message discipline with regard to the ACA subsidies. The reason why is probably the same reason the "illegal immigrants" lie is backfiring: MAGAs like the ACA too and want its subsidies extended.
- How badly are Trump and the GOP losing the ACA war? Politico had a story Sunday, semi-confirmed by Trump Monday, that White House staffers are already working on several ACA subsidy proposals.
- The Republican position is weak and getting weaker. They're having Vought trying to scare people into submission but as Matt says, all that does is put the GOP's ownership stamp on the shutdown.
I don't see why Trump should care about awarding shutdown deployment as a tactic other than for his own ego reasons. Do wonder if he sees logic in validation of the shutdown as his because he threatens that he likes it.
I don’t agree with the idea that the Dems should agree to reopen the government in exchange for an agreement to negotiate the ACA subsidies later. As someone who negotiates business agreements, I am reminded of the notion that no terms are agreed to unless all terms are agreed to.
What assurances are there that the Republicans will actually follow through on that promise? It should be abundantly clear that the totality of the Congressional GOP are either MAGA true believers or feckless cowards more concerned with not angering Trump than actually doing the job they were elected to do. And, frankly, Democrats would be stupid to take Donald Trumps word for anything given his stated antipathy to anything associated with President Obama, not the least of which is the ACA.
Just want to flag that I predicted in your last post that "an MTG-type would rhetorically break from the pack." Should've locked it in on Polymarket, since the woman herself tweeted in support of the ACA subsidies today.
(Granted, the specific rhetoric I used as an example was that an MTG-type would advocate for a forever shutdown, but I'd like to think I was close enough.)
A few thoughts:
- I'm surprised Matt didn't mention the main reason the Republicans "Dems want to give ACA to illegal immigrants and transgender hookers" trope (one that even Thune has used variations of) is failing: it's a LIE. And a really bad one, too. Worse yet, it's backfiring.
- We've got Marjorie Taylor Greene peeling off from Johnson 's weak attempts at message discipline with regard to the ACA subsidies. The reason why is probably the same reason the "illegal immigrants" lie is backfiring: MAGAs like the ACA too and want its subsidies extended.
- How badly are Trump and the GOP losing the ACA war? Politico had a story Sunday, semi-confirmed by Trump Monday, that White House staffers are already working on several ACA subsidy proposals.
- The Republican position is weak and getting weaker. They're having Vought trying to scare people into submission but as Matt says, all that does is put the GOP's ownership stamp on the shutdown.
exactly rite re point 1
I don't see why Trump should care about awarding shutdown deployment as a tactic other than for his own ego reasons. Do wonder if he sees logic in validation of the shutdown as his because he threatens that he likes it.