Neil Patrick Harris on shrooms sees unicorn UPDATE: "This was not what Republicans had envisioned."

[Miles Archer]

The backlash from big donors as well as the grass roots panicked Senate Republicans and was part of the motivation behind the sudden zeal to take one last crack at repealing the health care law before the end of the month. That effort faltered Friday with new opposition from Senator John McCain of Arizona, the perennial maverick who had scuttled the Senate’s first repeal effort. Now Republicans must confront the possibility that they will once again let down their backers with no big win in sight.

The latest unsightly pileup over health care was exactly what some Republicans had wanted to avoid by abandoning the repeal effort and skipping straight to tax cuts after the previous embarrassing health care collapse about eight weeks ago. Instead, Senate Republicans got caught up in a rushed, last-ditch repeal attempt that not only seems unlikely to prevail, but will only serve to remind disillusioned donors about the party’s governing difficulties.

This was not what Republicans had envisioned. Preparing for the 2018 midterm elections, they had thought they were in a strong position to maintain or expand their majority. Democrats must defend 25 seats — including 10 in states won last year by President Trump — while just eight Republican-held seats will be on the ballot. But their governing struggles — and attacks on congressional leaders by Mr. Trump — have soured their base, leaving the Senate majority feeling desperate.

Addressing his anxious colleagues at their weekly meeting on Sept. 12, Mr. Gardner had a simple message: If we don’t have something to run on, we are going to squander this opportunity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/politics/republican-donors-obamacare-repeal.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

[Raster]

1. VOTE. EVERY. REPUBLICAN. OUT. OF. OFFICE...

...Kick them all to the curb.

[bronxiteforever]

6. [phone]

[Achilleaze]

2. "If we don't have something to run on..."

Dems are going to have to give voters something they will want: a vision of where we are going. Not good enough to just hammer home endlessly how degenerate are the thoughts, words and deeds of Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-&-Dotard-in-Chief.

Dems need a vision. And it damn well better have a clean, sustainable, renewable, egalitarian, high-tech, healthy, culturally vibrant ring to it.

[Demsrule86]

3. They already do.

Tired of the faux Dems have no message stuff...read the platform.

[Demsrule86]

5. Yeah...perfection...or what? Keep the damn GOP's...don't let the perfect be the enemy of good.

No party will ever be perfect...but I think the Dems are just fine and am proud to be a member.

[Scarsdale]

4. So "having something to run on"

means more than the health of millions of citizens? WHEN will people wake up and realize that the gop caters to the wealthy, not ordinary citizens? IF they had worked WITH President Obama, instead of blocking him at every turn, we could have had a decent healthcare system in this country. We get ROYALLY SCREWED when it comes to healthcare. Every other western country has their citizens covered. Nowhere else do people have to file bankruptcy to get out from under crushing medical bills. Thank the gop, their owners the Koch brothers and people such as Sheldon Adelson. The people with deep pockets are determined to keep regular citizens downtrodden.

[Demsrule86]

7. Agree that is the same bullshit that got Trump elected in the first place...the idea

that the Dem party isn't good enough...that the parties are kind of the same...blah blah...total bullshit. It is inconceivable to me that after eight years where Pres. Obama was neutered in 10 with the loss of the house because he wasn't 'good enough' to get single payer, and the the Senate Dems weren't 'good enough' to stop the GOP during the Obama years and enact say immigration reform somehow, so out they went in 14...that will show them! Why by not voting for Dems...we what? This is what I don't get...we pave the way for Trump and the Republicans. Of course the mother-lode was 16 where...'they' showed that if the Democaratic nominee wasn't good enough...why they would just elect Republicans... that will show them (Dem Party). And each time this happened when the party wasn't supported we lost progressive policy...hoping we don't lose the ACA.

[saidsimplesimon]

8. Very Funny video, thanks

so much funnier than the Netflix "Disjointed".

Also, the unicorn is perfect for this Sander's supporter. Do they come in black?

[DownriverDem]

9. Michigan

Michigan is one of the most gerrymandered states in the Union. Left leaners are squeezed into a small number of districts. Even though more of us vote for Dem candidates the repubs here have a bigger delegation because of district lines. We hope to change that via petition.