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Democrats Riding Celebratory Wave After Republicans' Crushing Defeat

Although President Donald Trump says he expects Democrats to come to Republicans to fix problems with the health law, Democrats are optimistic that they are in the best political position they've been in since the election.

President Trump, looking for a flicker of hope after his Republican majority fell to pieces last week, predicted that the opposition party would eventually give in: 鈥淚 honestly believe the Democrats will come to us and say let鈥檚 get together and get a great health care bill or plan,鈥 he said. But Democrats will not be lending a hand anytime soon. (Martin, 3/26)

[The president's] aides made clear that Trump would be seeking support from moderate Democrats, leaving open the possibility he could still revisit health care legislation. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus scolded conservative Republicans, explaining that Trump had felt "disappointed" that a "number of people he thought were loyal to him that weren't." (3/26)

鈥淭his president is not going to be a partisan president,鈥 Mr. Priebus said on 鈥淔ox News聽Sunday.鈥 He said that while 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 time for our folks to come together, I also think it鈥檚 time to potentially get a few moderate Democrats on board as well.鈥 (Hughes, 3/26)

President Donald Trump's aides have opened the door to working with moderate Democrats on health care and other issues. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has quickly offered to find common ground with Trump for repairing former President Barack Obama's health care law. Schumer said Sunday that Trump must be willing to drop attempts to repeal his predecessor's signature achievement, warning that Trump was destined to "lose again" on other parts of his agenda if he remained beholden to conservative Republicans. (3/27)

Nancy Pelosi is suddenly relevant again. The implosion of the all-Republican effort to lay waste to Obamacare showed that President Donald Trump might need the San Francisco Democrat to salvage the rest of his agenda. The self-professed master negotiator couldn鈥檛 get it done with his own party, despite a 44-seat House majority, and hinted afterward he might start to look across the aisle. (Caygle, 3/27)

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