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| Paul Ryan's Catastrophic Lack of Political Skill and Judgment |
| 2017-03-27 |
| [American Thinker] Everyone knows that a competent lawyer never asks a question in court to which he doesn’t already know the answer. And likewise, a competent political leader never puts a piece of legislation up for a vote without having a good idea of what the vote will be. But when Paul Ryan released his American Health Care Act he evidently had no idea what its reception would be. Whole sections of his own party were angered, and it was obvious that his bill had no chance of passage without truly major changes. Why didn’t Ryan know all of that before he published the bill? A skilled leader sounds out the major opinion centers in his party to get a sense of what it will take to get them all on board, so that by the time the bill is published he knows where everyone stands and how they will vote. By going public with his bill before ascertaining the lay of the land, Ryan has created an ugly rift within his party, delayed and endangered the forward movement of the Trump administration, and further alienated a GOP base which has long been exasperated by the ineffectiveness of its congressional leaders. But Paul Ryan’s political incompetence is by now a very old story. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 Ah come on Iblis, you expect me to read and understand every word? I can't seem to get rid of my 8 years of Obama blinders....sorry. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-27 19:05 |
| #14 AlanC: "Now, everyone but Trump and his team knew that there was never going to be a step 2 or step 3." Emphasis added. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-03-27 18:49 |
| #13 AlanC, I think you are right, after all it is known as RyanCare and not TrumpCare these days. And as Scott Adams pointed out this blunder may turn Trump=Nazi to Trump=incompetent which will make it easier to get Democrats on board when necessary. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-03-27 17:55 |
| #12 This is a battle of agendas. Some bodies agenda just got defeated. In every defeat there is a Victor. The Victor needs to pound his chest and build on the victory to furthur advance their agenda. And quickly! And don't be slow about it. |
| Posted by: Nero White 3083 2017-03-27 16:57 |
| #11 My problem is getting around my cynicism about who is doing what to whom in DC.....everybody and everything are the answers I come up with. Posted by: AlanC Nothing problematic or abstract here. Intuitive cognition and logical observation driven reasoning should be viewed as a gift. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-27 15:40 |
| #10 Sorry Iblis if I misunderstood you but this:Trump and his team knew that there was never going to be a step 2 or step 3. made me think that you are putting Trump in league with Ryan and I don't think that's the case. My problem is getting around my cynicism about who is doing what to whom in DC.....everybody and everything are the answers I come up with. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-27 15:31 |
| #9 "Ryan and the GOPe were the ones who knew there would be no step 2 or 3." I'm pretty sure that's what I said. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-03-27 14:34 |
| #8 absolutely Raj |
| Posted by: 746 2017-03-27 13:35 |
| #7 Agreed, AlanC. Trump is way ahead of all these establishment republicans. They are the same ones that have sabotaged Trump during the election and as president. Now the establishment repubs have blown their chance and failed in ryancare, and the dems own obamacare, their systems will crater. Trump knew this and decided to let them fail. Then when everything craters Trump will step in and set up a deal between dems and repubs. The problem is that the whole way going about healthcare sucks. The congress does not know how the system works. Ryancare is the same as obamacare. A bunch of politicians setting up rules. Have you read anything? Are there hearings? Has anybody studied healthcare and see how healthcare works so we know what to fix? This is all a fools game. Here is a LINK to the beginnings of analysis. Did anybody watch SotH Ryan during Hannity's interview a while before the vote debacle? Listen to all Ryans promises, and watch his body language. Calling someone a weasel is not being respectful to weasels. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-03-27 13:35 |
| #6 As astute assessment at #5. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-27 13:16 |
| #5 Sorry Iblis but I must disagree. Ryan and the GOPe were the ones who knew there would be no step 2 or 3. Ryan has created an ugly rift within his party, delayed and endangered the forward movement of the Trump administration I'd bet that this was the exact goal of Ryan's maneuvering. I think that Trump may have out foxed him by "going along". One of the things I learned in all my years of consulting is that sometimes you have to let the client fail before you can move forward. I think this is Ryan's failure and the GOPe can't get any credit. Remember they are all part of the Inner Party adversaries that Trump must contend with. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-03-27 12:49 |
| #4 I keep coming back to Trump's lack of experience working with a legislature. I'm not faulting him here - that was actually one of his 'qualifications' to be president. But I think it's at the core of what happened last week. Ryan came up with a bill to fix ObamaCare. He told the president that this was step 1 of 3 steps to complete repeal. Trump bought this and had his team get behind Ryan. Now, everyone but Trump and his team knew that there was never going to be a step 2 or step 3. At the end of the day, that's why so many GOP Reps opposed RyanCare. And Trump just learned a lesson about Congress - they LIE. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-03-27 12:36 |
| #3 Ryan’s political tin ear has at least temporarily torpedoed of the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. Maybe the notion to 'replace' Obamacare is the real problem? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-03-27 11:44 |
| #2 After he's 'retired' he'll have more time for his P90X workouts. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-27 10:37 |
| #1 In this day and age, everyone gets a trophy regardless of his ability or hard work. Ryan got his "show-up or participation" trophy. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-27 09:47 |