he writes, quote, privately republicans on capitol hill note if the upton law became law, fewer would purchase from the obama care exchange. depriving these market places of the young and healthy customers they need to expand the coverage guarantees. the house republican strategy leadership aide said to use committee oversight and legislation to chip away at the affordable care act. house speaker john boehner outlined his approach to stop this entire law wednesday morning during a private caucus meeting. so they don t have an alternative. they have a plan either to kill the plan by just attacking it constantly or changing it systemically. and the amazing thing to me is in the news coverage of this i m going back to my old saw here. why doesn t anybody every time a republican says something against obama care, why don t say they you re at bat, what s your plan. well, it would be helpful if somebody did, in fact, do that,
you sense a pattern here? jonathan capehart is for the washington post and willie brown is the former mayor. on every issue before the american people, the american people s agenda whether it s health care, it s immigration, it s actual ending the discrimination because of sexual orientation or identity, or gun control and gun safety. it seems name the issue, the republican response is no. and under mr. boehner s leadership, it s so out of step with where we need to be in this country for progress purposes and for understanding of all the things that affects the lives of people. it would not surprise me if the republicans lose in the next election cycle. there is no way in individual districts in america that anyone would tolerate what mr. boehner just spoke about. jonathan, it seems to me they have another tactic.
if the upton law became law, fewer would purchase from the obama care exchange. depriving these market places of the young and healthy customers they need to expand the coverage guarantees. the house republican strategy leadership aide said to use committee oversight and legislation to chip away at the affordable care act. house speaker john boehner outlined his approach to stop this entire law wednesday morning during a private caucus meeting. so they don t have an alternative. they have a plan either to kill the plan by just attacking it constantly or changing it systemically. and the amazing thing to me is in the news coverage of this i m going back to my old saw here. why doesn t anybody every time a republican says something against obama care, why don t say they you re at bat, what s your plan. well, it would be helpful if somebody did, in fact, do that, chris. but the republicans for a long period of time, a majority of
roman candle. the thing about ted cruz, he s very popular with his constituency, his little tea party base. but again, you have to work within the institutions. when ted cruz enters the room, everyone looks at their huge. a huge problem for the republicans. they are not going to have a presidential nominee for three years. john boehner and mitch mcconnell will never be the public face compete with the president. you re left with governors occasionally competing. the problem for the party is ted cruz is right, maybe the shelf life goes on. he can get on fox, the press conference covered live for the foreseeable future and that becomes the face, sustained face of the party. some other leaders, orrin hatch need to trump him and say you re not going to be the face of our problem. i wan to run what orrin hatch
maybe there are new dance partners. mark, i want to ask a question about immigration reform. adding that into the mix before a deal was gone. the suggestion the white house we re going to go for immigration next seems incredibly shrewd, also take no prisoners. if the republican party, a schism going on a war between factions, immigration only exacerbates that. we know what he won in the short-term, a political victory and put himself out of jeopardy for the economy. if you look at remarks, emphasized a talking point on this fight, which is germane for immigration, farm bill, lots of other things. will john boehner keep turning the floor over to nancy pelosi. if john boehner would let there be open votes on senate immigration bill, it could pass the house. i think the president while most people think when boehner has done this on occasion, it s been a one off, i think if the