I suppose he could give the Freedom Caucus one more chance to get with party leadership on tax reform, but I don't hold out much hope for those dopes.
Yes, he could give the GOP a chance to step in line with the promises they have been making for the past 7 years now that they are out of excuses.
A swift infrastructure victory could be the first step toward greater bi-partisan cooperation on a variety of fronts, including avoiding a government shut-down at the end of April.
sell out to the Democrats because WIN! YUUUGE! Now I know why I'm not a billionaire. I just don't give up easy enough.
Is he so desperate to feed his ego with a "win" that he would flirt with corruption so openly?
The cause of tax reform has been severely damaged by the FC's rejection of health care reform, which would have ended the ACA subsidies and reduced the budgeting baseline by billions of dollars. Tax reform that puts a dent in marginal rates is going to very difficult to achieve with the spectre of continuing ACA subsidies. There's a reason why Ryan and Trump tried to tackle ObamaCare first - it was the key to freeing up the budget room for dramatic tax reform.
If that is key, then why in the hell was the 'effort' such a half-assed mess. It sure seems to me that the essential items would get a lot more attention and effort than some take-it-or-leave-it cobbled together crap bill. Move the one stuck in committee out, repeal the ACA, and get on with the program.
The FC has put the kibosh on that, so one-time infrastructure spending seems to the best way of flanking conservatives while providing the direct boost to jobs that is at the heart of Trump's message and appeal.
How about the rest of the GOP owning some failure? Seven years of promises, seven years to be ready for the day, there is no 'Plan B", and plan "A" comes off like the morning after pill. You want some tax leeway? REPEAL OBAMACARE.
As for"Flanking Conservatives", is this the GOP or the DNC? We're used to hearing this from the latter, but now the masks are off. The Uniparty is alive and well in the halls of Congress, and a handful of Representatives have called it out by standing by the promises they made to their constituents--the people they work for.
It's deja vu all over again, and I only wonder how long it will take to be flanking that 'pesky Constitution', too.
Maybe the new big infrastructure project should be further south, and more vertical, or has he given up on the wall, too?