Congressional Republicans failed to deliver on Obamacare repeal and now complain about Trump?

David Drucker:
For eight years, Republicans in Congress had to contend with Barack Obama, a hostile president who could draw large crowds and undermined them at every turn. Not much has changed with one of their own in the White House, many of them complain.

President Trump has fingered fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill for criticism just as often, if not more, than he has opposition Democrats, spurning the political role of party leader and party builder traditionally assumed by the commander in chief.

That detachment has saddled Republicans with the burdens of White House power that are foisted upon political parties in midterm elections, while denying them many of the crucial benefits — fundraising and organization chief among them.

This development has strained relations between Trump and the Republican congressional committees, the foremost GOP campaign organizations charged with holding the House and Senate majorities in 2018.

"He's certainly pursuing a different model," said a Republican operative who worked in the White House under President George W. Bush and requested anonymity in order to speak candidly. "If he's not careful, he's going to help Democrats take over one or both chambers. This is galactically stupid."

Trump hasn't been totally inactive.

This year, he headlined a fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP campaign arm, that brought in a record $30 million. His email and hard mail fundraising appeals for the Republican National Committee have been wildly lucrative.

Through a spate of special House elections held in the spring, Trump recorded robo-calls and put his vaunted social media network to work promoting voter turnout for the Republican candidates, who all won. He hosted two fundraisers for individual Republicans: Rep. Tom MacArthur of New Jersey and Rep. Karen Handel of Georgia.

Vice President Mike Pence is handling the rest of the political duties expected of the president on behalf of his party, traveling to headline events and raise cash for down-ballot Republicans. Pence even launched a political action committee to underwrite these activities.

Between Trump and his No. 2, Republicans are getting the help they need heading into 2018, the president's defenders say, especially with the uptick in politicking planned from both over the next several months.

"Strong support for President Trump and the party has propelled the RNC to robust fundraising numbers. The grassroots continue to give overwhelmingly positive responses to the president and our party's message," RNC spokesman Chase Jennings said.

"There's one thing that very hard to put a price on, and that is the expansion of our coalition. If Republicans emerge from this admin with a larger coalition…we will be much the better for it," added Republican consultant Brad Todd, suggesting that Trump could be building the party by shifting and enlarging its universe of voters.
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I blame people like John McCain and other so called moderates for defeating the repeal and replace of Obamacare.  They also managed to lose the confidence of the President in the process and now seeing working with Democrats to keep the government moving.  The answer to the problem long term is to expand the party's control and that is in Trump's interests.

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