Dan McLaughlin (Diary) |
Should
Congressional Republicans (1) fight to completely defund Obamacare, putting the
brakes not only on its immediate implementation but also on any efforts to plan
for its future implementation, (2) fight to delay implementation of the
individual mandate and/or other provisions (following the Administration’s lead
in delaying the employer mandate, or (3) leave the issue alone and focus on
other elements of the budget? What tactics should the GOP use: should it hold
up the next continuing resolution, creating the threat of a government
shutdown? Tie it to the next debt ceiling fight?
I have tried,
with mixed success, to steer clear of this inside-baseball tactical debate,
which has generated an outsized amount of acrimony within the Beltway GOP and
the conservative movement alike. The pro-defund caucus has been accused, not
without reason but with a lot of unfair ad hominems, of being unrealistic in its expectations and
misleading the grassroots into a losing battle. The anti-defund caucus,
formally aligned mostly behind the “delay” solution, has been accused, not
without reason but with a lot of unfair ad hominems, of being spineless, afraid of its own shadow,
and in some cases actively scheming to keep Obamacare alive.....To ReadMore.....
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