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The Note: Can Democrats beat Trump’s GOP with Obamacare? - ABC News

posted onAugust 23, 2018
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Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Obamacare once sparked a political backlash that cost Democrats control of a chamber of Congress. Eight years later, it just might be what gives them a fighting chance at taking another chamber back. The political potency of health care will be on fresh display in West Virginia on Tuesday. President saving Obamacare. Sen. Joe Manchin is attacking his GOP opponent, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, for his attempt to get Obamacare’s pre-existing conditions guarantee ruled unconstitutional. Manchin says 800,000 West Virginians could lose health care if the Trump administration effort – joined by 20 state attorneys general - succeeds. Tellingly, Manchin’s arguments are being echoed by Democrats in tough re-election fights in states including Missouri, North Dakota, and West Virginia. Trump has said the fight over Obamacare continues – and the men and women he’s trying to defeat are welcoming that. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Democratic women are poised to make history again on Tuesday. The frontrunner in Wyoming’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, Mary Throne, could be the tenth Democratic woman nominated in a governor’s race this year. That number would set a record for the two major political parties. Throne, a former state representative and minority leader, is facing two other Democrats in the primary. She says she is running to protect public education, invest in infrastructure and stabilize the local governm... Link to the full article to read more

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