Not Enough Republican Votes To Pass Any Alternative To Obamacare

The sum total of Republican "policy" is to take potshots at Obamacare.

Philosophically and constitutionally,the GOP is unable to create an a system of "universal healthcare."

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"Here's Why Republicans Have No Alternative To Obamacare"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/heres-why-republicans-have-no.html

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The "conservative" agenda only "works" in theory.

The practicalities of "the world" are -- from the conservative point of view -- intrinsically too tawdry for actual conservative accomplishment.

"Where's The Train Wreck"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/01/wheres-train-wreck.html

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Ken Burns: Go Ahead. Campaign On The ACA, A "Great Piece Of Social Legislation"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/ken-burns-go-ahead-campaign-on-aca.html

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"The conservative wing of the Republican Conference...had growing interest in voting on a replacement. But at this point, there is no plan that would garner 218 votes. And if an Obamacare replacement is put on the floor and doesn’t get enough Republican votes, the result could be far more embarrassing than it is worth. The debate over whether to do an Obamacare replacement bill could become more interesting if it becomes a data point in the battle to succeed Cantor as majority leader. In the immediate aftermath...it wasn’t clear whether conservative Republicans would base their support for a leadership candidate on whether that member supports holding a replacement vote."Jennifer Haberkorn in Politico.

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"GOP's Anti-Medicaid Expansion Body Count, By State"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/gops-anti-medicare-expansion-body-count.html

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The Hard Central Fact Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their eyes out, they fail to see  that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-hard-central-fact-of-contemporary.html

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass final judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, none of them are tempted to believe this.