House Democrats' new Obamacare strategy: Get out of the way

[DonViejo]

By HEATHER CAYGLE and ELANA SCHOR 03/22/17 05:14 AM EDT

House Democrats have a new plan to tank Paul Ryan’s Obamacare repeal: Get out of the way.

Democratic leaders in the House know they’re powerless to stop the GOP’s health care bill. So instead, with a repeal vote looming Thursday, they’re executing a strategic retreat.

After previously deploying a bevy of procedural tactics to delay the bill from reaching the House floor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her caucus are shifting strategies and hoping that Republicans will run their beleaguered plan aground on their own.

“Republicans now are dealing with the fact that they’ve built a castle on a foundation of lies,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), who chairs the moderate New Democrat Coalition in the House, said in an interview. “The last thing we would want to do is get in their way.”

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[Generic Other]

1. Their castle

[gopiscrap]

2. that would be great if the repukes fall on their own sword

[elleng]

3. Letting them keep digging is often the best strategy.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Never interrupt an enemy when they are busy destroying themselves...

Napoleon IIRC

[elleng]

7. Exactly. Thanks for the source, Bear.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Might as well...

delaying successfully gives the Repubs an out. "They wouldn't let us pass it!"

Let them hang themselves on their own legislation.

[Ilsa]

5. I'd like to see it drag on and on.

No reason to let them move on to tax reform.