On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 11:46:52 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:09:35 -0600, rbowman wrote:

On 03/25/2017 06:06 PM, philo wrote:
True, but Trump was not done-in the by Democrats, no matter how dumb he
is he knew damn well he was not going to get one vote from them...nor
did he need it. He was done in by his own party and as you say, I think
Ryan is going to pay the price. He had to have know his bill was
destined to fail.

No, I think Ryan is delusional. Trump is a loose cannon but Ryan strikes
me as something even more dangerous, the True Believer. He kept trotting
out that Path To Prosperity or whatever his master plan was. The
Republicans could be more supportive since they knew it wasn't going
anyplace. Then drafting him as Speaker over his coy demurs gave him even
more of an ego boost.

The biggest part of why nothing was done, other than the liberal loons, was because the RINOs could potentially lose
their bid for reelection if they voted for the bill. They were looking out for themselves instead of their
constituents. Unfortunately that's what most politicians do. They would also never vote for term limits that could
make this behavior evaporate.

And exactly the same thing can be said for your right wing extremist
congressmen. They would never vote for it because they are in tune
with their base that considered it unacceptable for other reasons.
For example, they seem to think that requiring insurance companies to
pay for ER visits or in-hospital care is unreasonable. So, again
with the boundary conditions that Trump set and the players, the outcome
was inevitable.