>For all their flaws, at least Republicans constantly brought bills to repeal the ACA to a vote over and over for years under Obama. That's because they didn't

>For all their flaws, at least Republicans constantly brought bills to repeal the ACA to a vote over and over for years under Obama. That's because they didn't care about actually passing anything because they knew they couldn't. Passing bills they knew Obama wouldn't sign didn't distract from what they were actually trying to accomplish. When the Democrats controlled both houses, they were trying to pass the ACA, and spending time pushing show bills that have a 0% chance of passing wasn't what they wanted to focus on. There's no evidence these kind of political stunts are effective, much less the only moral strategy as you are suggesting. >Its why the US Democratic party isn't seen as just objectively better than Republicans even in intellectual circles I don't know what "intellectual circles" you run in, but most "intellectuals" I know understand there is a clear difference between parties.