people outside the republican base, 60% of them believe they shouldn t repeal obamacare and that they should tinker around the edges. now i have to fulfill a promise while also somehow satisfying the majority of owners going into an election year. bret: wasn t in the case that they didn t make the case on the actual bill so that if you look at those polls, can t you also look at them and say people didn t even really know what it was replacing. and a lot of republicans didn t know it was replacing. variety of different sets of principles, bills, states that need certain things. the issues of medicaid. there s a lot of confusion about block grants from the federal government and states which is taken as a cut to medicaid. bret: next up, congress wants to toughen up on russia, iran, north korea and in turn toughen up on the president s powers to soften up on the
i was surprised he said we didn t get any democratic votes. his problem, as everyone knows, is the republicans. it wasn t for john mccain getting on a plane, this bill wouldn t be on the floor. i was surprised the president didn t make a case for the principles of health care rather than just attacking obamacare. now macconnell trying to talk about skinny repeal. by the time they are done, it might be anorexic appeal. bret: when he bounces around, it is trump being trump. it s the cheers he plays off of. he does it effectively. for trump, it s about keeping the electric that s behind them. it s the 25% to 30% that s been with him from the beginning. he always goes back to them. it s hard to argue it s a terrible choice because it s got him the presidency in the first
tonight he certainly did that, including an apartment date on the effort to repeal the affordable care act. finally, you think that s easy. that s not easy. acknowledging the fight has only just begun, president trump proclaimed they vote to advance debate on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare a major hurdle. cleared. we are one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare nightmare. and delivering great health care for the american people. the senate vote, a record high stock market and plans to build a wall on the southern border are all part of the messaging during the rally. it included first lady melania. i know my husband and he will
the perfectionist ted cruz would have never signed up for. bret: shannon, the administration is fully engaged trying to get something to the finish line. they are. they are in it to win it at this point. whether they want to admit it, it s going to be a long haul if they are successful they are going to own health care and they know it. if they don t, it s going to be a messy fight to pick up and move on. bret: best best-case scenars that they get something passed that goes to conference, gives them breathing room. bringing people together to iron out something. republicans have put themselves in a corner. they promised for years, as we ve been talking about for weeks, they are going to repeal and replace obamacare. now according to the polling, the majority of of the american
didn t get any democratic votes. his problem, as everyone knows, is the republicans. it wasn t for john mccain getting on a plane, this bill wouldn t be on the floor. i was surprised the president didn t make a case for the principles of health care rather than just attacking obamacare. now macconnell trying to talk about skinny repeal. by the time they are done, it might be anorexic appeal. bret: when he bounces around, it is trump being trump. it s the cheers he plays off of. he does it effectively. for trump, it s about keeping the electric that s behind them. it s the 25% to 30% that s been with him from the beginning. he always goes back to them. it s hard to argue it s a terrible choice because it s got him the presidency in the first place. when people say you need to