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Do you think Mitch McConnell will continue his campaign to repeal the ACA (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 OP
I think he will drop it and move onto tax cuts drray23 Jul 2017 #1
Tax cuts are his "Precious" BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #6
Mitch will continue this farse until Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #2
He'll persue it as long as Obama's name is on it. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #3
this- irisblue Jul 2017 #5
They gave it the name. demosincebirth Jul 2017 #9
Yep. McTurtle is in it to win it. n/t Quanta Jul 2017 #4
He littlemissmartypants Jul 2017 #7
The "campaign" is the Koch-types'. McConnell's big passion Hortensis Jul 2017 #8

drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. I think he will drop it and move onto tax cuts
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 04:38 PM
Jul 2017

He started to hint as much when he was talking about passing a smaller bill with democrats to fix some issues with the aca. As long as the ahca is on his plate, he can't get anything done.

BannonsLiver

(16,370 posts)
6. Tax cuts are his "Precious"
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 04:48 PM
Jul 2017

No doubt about it. He wants to get through this ASAP so he can get to the real ratfucking.

littlemissmartypants

(22,632 posts)
7. He
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 04:52 PM
Jul 2017

Didn't sound very sincere, no shock. He didn’t sound very enthusiastic, mildly surprising.

Thank you for the post, no_hypocrisy.

♡lmsp

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. The "campaign" is the Koch-types'. McConnell's big passion
Fri Jul 14, 2017, 04:57 PM
Jul 2017

seems to be the accumulation and exercise of power and relatively free of idiological passion. Presumably conservative, but beyond that without strong ideology. A way of saying I believe that for him repealing the ACA, or not, is only about him and his power. If he needs it personally he's committed to it, if not no. As the media keep pointing out, "overhauling" the tax code is huge, and thus very important to both him and the huge money interests pulling his strings..

Getting someone into his position usually takes years, though, and someone as extremely competent and connected as him...! My best GUESS (of course )is that the Kochs and those like them will not "primary" McConnell if he doesn't come through with the promised close to a trillion in tax cuts for them this year, and dismantling of the ACA and gutting of Medicaid, huge and infuriating as those failures may be to them. Plus, McConnell's Chinese business power base could object to losing their agent and step in.

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