you phrased that much more polite than I would have... but I agree

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A campaign promise.

There's opportunity there for us, and for him -- he loves to be cheered. Of course, it'd put him in conflict with his own party, but that's practically and everyday thing anyway.

and call it fabulous.

the creation of Obama and Democrats in congress. They hooted and hollered about the need to destroy it before they learned what it did for them, and now they just want him to erase Obama/Dems from it so they can claim it as their own.

Essentially, cutting and pasting the ACA into a new bill with just a couple loudly heralded changes and a new name would satisfy them. And I'm pretty sure us too if that helped us move on with the next stages of building on it that we expected to continue under Hillary.

Notably, Trump, the lying buffoon that he is, promised conservatives that they would have much better coverages at lower cost under his new program. I didn't mention that because, of course, nothing the Republicans would approve could possibly accomplish that. Fwiw, almost certainly nothing, Trump long ago seemed to have focused on this boring stuff long enough to recognize the virtue in a single payer system, though.

If the Dems could get Medicare for all option for all Americans, but it was contingent on his wall, should we make the deal?

Gotcha Trumpy-boy, you orange tinted baby!

No one can work with him.
You can only work with people who will follow through on agreements.
A five year old that will toss the game board in the air on a whim is not someone you can make deals with.

just so he could leave or something like that.

Realistically that's about it.

I can see some kind of infrastructure bill, DACA reform, or middle class tax cut on Dems' terms. None of that will make it through the Senate, though. The GOP's only love for him has been the perception that he's "winning." But now he's politically finished.

They're probably done with him aside from the appointment of federal judges. They won't be serious about any real health reform or anything of the sort now that it can be viable.

Trump barely worked with Congressional Republicans. He definitely won't work with Congressional Democrats, who he considers the enemy.

Our main focus should be removing him from office and ensuring he doesnt win in 2020.

ceremonies and adulation, we could probably get single-payer. Trump is apolitical. All he cares about is Don. Chuck and Nancy should tell him he could get more Democrats supporting him than Republicans if he signs their bills. All bullshit, of course, but you work with what you've got (until the impeachment).

If so it will be a watered down, one quarter way measure. Trump might want to have one thing he can boast about delivering. I won't hold my breath on that though...

in order to get anything done with the Narcissist-in-Chief. But it's something we need to do while providing oversight and running investigations. The oversight alone will not win hearts and minds or prove that Democratic leadership is anything different from Republican incompetence and partisan knife-fighting.

We ran on healthcare, so that's the obvious target. Shoring up the ACA is a must, absolutely guaranteeing preexisting condition coverage and getting costs under control. The opioid disaster is still raging throughout the country and the pharmaceutical industry is gouging the public on prescription meds. Anecdotically, I've been using prescription eyedrops after surgery, paying $118 for one of 3 prescriptions, with insurance. These particular eyedrops were in a 1.7 ml dispenser which means 35+ drops for $118. Ridiculous. I can afford this ripoff (btw I'm on my 2nd bottle) but there are many Americans who cannot. Same prescription without prescription coverage? Would cost nearly $300.

Concentrating on 'kitchen table' concerns that make a difference in the way people view government and actually affect their lives is critical.

We have to regain the narrative that government can do good in providing citizens a leg up. Trump said he wanted an infrastructure bill. That's another possibility and badly needed.

Democrats will be walking a knife edge over the next two years--appealing to the Trumpster's ego while pulling back the curtain on his corruption.

Not an easy task.

Because the Republicans will spin the narrative for their own benefit, the way they always do. We need to prove that we can get things done on behalf of the American people, as hard as that will be. Of course, one advantage of holding the House (and the pursestrings) will mean McConnell's plan to ransack Medicare and Social Security is off the table. As well as anymore crazy tax giveaways to the rich and famous.

Lots of fancy footwork will be required over the next 2 years. A challenge but one I'm sure leadership has been mapping out and anticipating.