GOP’s incompetence is a godsend for America

House Republicans have several ways they can mess with Obamacare -- they're simply incapable of getting them done

BY BRIAN BEUTLER

Now that Ted Cruz has proved his mettle to the right, and pissed off half of his party in the process, everyone’s looking around at each other wondering what happens next.

It’s like that moment after Bluto’s rousing speech in “Animal House,” when he storms out of the room, but instead of inspiring anyone, they all just sit there in a state of intoxicated bewilderment.



Except instead of anyone returning to the floor to rally the troops, what happens now in all likelihood is the Senate will pass a bill to extend funding for the government until mid-November, stripped of a rider to defund the healthcare law and send it back to the House.

That’s left Republicans in both the House and Senate, but particularly the House, scouring the basement for a new Obamacare rider — any rider — that they might be able to sneak in at the last minute. One that’s less contentious than a defunding measure and politically more difficult for Democrats to defeat.

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