Obamacare repeal is dead

OPINION:

Gee, what a surprise, this headline from The Washington Post: “Senate GOP effort to unwind the ACA collapses Monday.”

At this point, Americans are starting to catch on — Republicans aren’t actually going to repeal Obamacare. Never.

“We’re going to press on,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, his Graham-Cassidy bill about to go down in flames.

But are you, Sen. Graham? Are you really going to “press on” and keep on the road to repeal?

’Cause voters don’t believe it any more.

In fact, conservatives around the nation are pretty much resigned to the fact that their elected leaders have once again done the ol’ bait-and-switch. They’ve campaigned for seven-plus long years on Obamacare repeal, and now that they’ve won their seats — now that the American people have done their jobs and ushered in clean Republican sweeps of the House, the Senate and the White House — these politicos have forgotten their promises.

They’ve discovered the power of the magic 60 number. That’s the one that allows Republicans an excuse for not getting their long-promised jobs done — the one says they can’t pass repeal without the support of 60 senators.

Well, congratulations, Republicans. You can count. Thing is, Americans already knew about the 60-vote threshold. But Americans thought Republicans would deliver on the Obamacare repeal anyway because, oh, I don’t know, let’s see — Republicans promised they would deliver.

Obamacare was arguably the biggest issue that drew conservatives to the polls over the past few years — immigration being its only challenger for top concern. And consistently, without a doubt, without fail, Republicans campaigning for seats since its passage have carried a message of repeal and reform.

They have failed.

Obama’s won.

Obamacare is staying — and soon enough, one fine day, the dreaded morphing into a single-payer system will be complete.

Thanks a lot, Republicans. You came, you saw, you were conquered. You were conquered by a party that didn’t even hold the majority.