House Chump Care Passage Consistent With A Mid Term Wave
Cook Political Report on Friday morning changed its ratings for 20 House seats, predicting that Democrats’ odds of winning those districts has increased now that House Republicans passed a bill to repeal Obamacare.
“Although it’s the first of potentially many explosive votes, House Republicans’ willingness to spend political capital on a proposal that garnered the support of just 17 percent of the public in a March Quinnipiac poll is consistent with past scenarios that have generated a midterm wave,” Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman wrote in a post explaining the ratings changes. “Not only did dozens of Republicans in marginal districts just hitch their names to an unpopular piece of legislation, Democrats just received another valuable candidate recruitment tool.”
He wrote that for some Republicans, backing the American Health Care Act is an “unequivocal political risk.”
Cook Political Report moved three districts from leaning Republican to toss-ups, 11 districts from likely Republican to leaning Republican and six districts from solid Republican to leaning Republican.
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He told us that when his kids have setbacks in sports, he tells them that "complaining accomplishes very little, that the only way to fix a problem is to get up, dust yourself off, and come up with a plan." After the election, like many people he spent a lot of time complaining about the results, but felt like a hypocrite for not taking the advice he gives to his own kids. He resolved to work hard to fix what went wrong, and the best way he can accomplish this goal is to be elected to Congress.
How will his background translate to his new job? Every patient who comes to see Dr. Westin has a life threatening illness. His job is “high stakes” personified. Each patient requires a detailed and personalized problem solving approach, cutting to core of complicated information, which must be communicated clearly and in a way that his patient’s can easily understand. Dr. Westin must listen to the needs of his patients, work in a collaborative way with many groups to ensure the needs of his patient are addressed, and think strategically to ensure an achievable plan exists for all contingencies. These skills would directly translate into what is needed in an effective Congressperson. The ability to listen to concerns, communicate complex ideas clearly, and work across disciplines to achieve his goals would serve those he represents well. Dr. Westin thrives under pressure and is used to multitasking successfully. In short, his medical and research career provide him the skills to be an excellent member of Congress and serve his constituents well.
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2017/03/houston-cancer-specialist-looks-at-gop.html
It's suddenly looking better for him now.
