I feel my read on the electorate is pretty good and I got 48/50 on the election.
one election doesn't strike me as the largest sample size
red sox 777 posted...
But, why don't people believe specific Trump promises? Because they are absurd on their face. Trump gives off the feeling that he favors the school of negotiation where you start off by asking for the moon.
Okay, but this leads to two follow-ups:
1. How does this lead to, "Oh, so they're totally okay with the AHCA/BCRA then" rather than something else like, "Okay, well universal coverage with costs going down isn't him telling the truth, but that's the direction he's aiming for and hopefully he can work with/moderate a Republican Congress to get them closer to there." I mean, the Republican plan is basically the opposite of what he said during the campaign. That isn't, "Oh he's starting from a negotiating position well above what he expects to get" it's, "He took the opposite side at the negotiating table."
2. Are we really calling "everyone is covered" and "lower costs" specific promises? Those are ridiculously general and vague. It was a running theme of his campaign that he would never provide details for how he intended to implement his plans and on the rare case the media got him to, it was still light on details but what was there was entirely unrealistic. I mean, what exactly constitutes "general" or "broad" if that's specific?
Universal coverage can still be the endgame. The big obstacle (according to the GOP) is Obamacare. So if you just get Obamacare repealed, you're like 60% of the way to affordable healthcare for all.
General or broad would be something like "Make America Great Again" or "Yes We Can." ---
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