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BY NIALL STANAGE - 09/26/17 06:00 AM EDT
President Trump is facing a crucial 48 hours.
His favored candidate in Tuesdays GOP Senate runoff in Alabama, Sen. Luther Strange, is running behind ultra-conservative challenger Roy Moore in the polls. A loss for Strange would be seen as a rebuke of Trump by his base.
The following day, the Senate had been due to vote on the third and perhaps final effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.The vote might not even take place, however, after Sen. Susan Collins joined Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) in opposition to the measure.
The three Republican no votes make the failure of the push virtually certain.
Prominent figures who were once stalwart supporters of Trump are sharply critical of him on both issues especially the endorsement of Strange, which they see as a significant miscalculation.
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samnsara
(17,634 posts)...boohoo.. he wants to be back with the ELITES so bad! Instead hes stuck with swamp water.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)Heavy rests the crown.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I love when trump has a bad week.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I don't trust Sen Paul at all. We need Murkowski (or any other sane con senator) to come out strongly against it.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)If he'd had any experience whatsoever in overcoming adversity, he wouldn't be such a cry-baby.
jrthin
(4,837 posts)underpants
(182,866 posts)He held a prime time rally for Strange. Nothing tepid about it.
"His support on Friday was tepid. He is setting himself up to pivot from Strange to Moore, said one Republican strategist familiar with White House thinking. He hasnt put a lot of his capital on the line and, regardless of the outcome, he will walk away with a supporter.
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)and tomorrow morning he will blame Strange.