“What's more important than the media, there's this thing called ObamaCare, which was President Obama's signature domestic achievement. It won Republicans the House in 2014 - 2010. It won Republicans the Senate in 2014.” ImportantHousePresidentMediaRepublicanAchievementPresident ObamaSenateObamacareSignatures Author:William Kristol
“If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for Trump voters in 2016.” IfsLooksImportantIssuesTrumpTradeImmigrationVotersPollsObamacareImportant Issues Author:William Kristol
“The ObamaCare premiums, the numbers started moving away from Hillary Clinton he moment there was a problem with.” MomentsProblemMovingNumbersClintonObamacareMoving Away Author:William Kristol
“Look, at actual Republican and conservative think-tank proposals to replace ObamaCare all have the pre-existing condition provision in, done somewhat differently from [Barack] President Obama's.” ThinkingLooksDonePresidentConditionsRepublicanConservativeBarackPresident ObamaProposalTanksProvisionObamacare Author:William Kristol
“If President [Barack] Obama - President [Donald] Trump shows up with a, you know, cleaver and just says, I can get rid of all these regulations, I can get rid of ObamaCare, no problem at all, then that would be a mistake.” IfsKnowsI CanShowsProblemWould BePresidentMistakeTrumpBarackRegulationNo ProblemObamacarePresident Barack ObamaCleaver Author:William Kristol
“First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people.” PeopleNeedsFirstsHardTrumpCompetentObamacare Author:William Kristol
“If Donald Trump behaves well, personally, and morally - I agree with Van [Jones] on this - if he distances - if he disassociates himself from forces that he unfortunately coddled and even fostered a little in this campaign, if he is responsible about the way in which he goes about his policy, initiatives on immigration and ObamaCare, trade and other areas, he has a huge opportunity, because the truth is that a lot of this stuff isn't that - there is a lot that can be done.” IfsWayWellsLittlesDoneOpportunityForceStuffPolicyHugeTrumpTruth IsAreasResponsibleAgreeTradeDistanceCampaignsImmigrationBehaveInitiativeVansObamacare Author:William Kristol
“The repealing and replacing of Obamacare is very complicated. It is what a White House and congressional leadership, serious White House and serious congressional leadership, should meet on and work on and figure out a strategy of, and it may work and it may not. Obviously not every administration gets things through, even when they have much larger majorities in congress and a much larger popular vote than Donald Trump had.” ShouldMayHouseWhiteFiguresSeriousTrumpVoteMajorityStrategyCongressComplicatedAdministrationWhite HouseObamacarePopular VoteRepealing Author:William Kristol
“At the end of the day,[Mitt] Romney was pro-life, but [Rick] Santorum was more fervently pro-life, and had been for longer. They're all going to repeal Obamacare, but Romney has once endorsed something like it. In the old days, there really were differences on fundamental issues, even on foreign policy, [for which] [Newt] Gingrich, Romney, and Santorum were pretty similar.” EndsDifferencesIssuesPolicyFundamentalsThe End Of The DayForeign PolicyRomneyObamacareOld DaysPro LifeNewts Author:William Kristol
“Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.” PeopleIfsShouldMayDoeMatterGovernmentCareAmericaDependsCourtStrikesSupremeHealth CareSupreme CourtObamacareMandatesLimited GovernmentVerdict Author:William Kristol
“While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.” IfsWould BeNextPresidentNiceJudgingVictoryCourtDefeatCrucialPresident ObamaBeing NicePersuasionPollsObamacareNovember Author:William Kristol
