It is, fundamentally, a party that’s inoculated by congressional districts drawn in its favor, and that’s driven by process as much as policy. But if they don’t do this, the Republican base gets pissed. The prevailing wisdom on Capitol Hill is that if health care reform doesn’t pass, the Republican Party’s entire agenda may be imperiled. Dave Carney, Republican operativeBut beyond Trump’s White House, House GOP leaders and rank-and-file House members who will vote as they’re told, it’s not easy to find many people who actually want this legislation to become law. And that’s because of another dynamic of the modern Republican Party: In certain quarters, it pays to be antagonistic.

Source: Huffington Post March 23, 2017 09:45 UTC