This further convinced Republicans that the deficit was a losing issue and only tax cuts mattered for political success.
Why, among these voters especially, is Obamacare such a losing issue?There are certainly plenty of things about the ACA to be lukewarm about.
A powerful lobbying group backed by Michael Bloomberg has shifted from the idea that gun control is a losing issue in local elections.
They understood that same-sex marriage was, in the short run, a distraction from the economic debate the party cares about most and, sooner or later, a losing issue for them.
"Big donors…don't want to invest in campaigns focused on a losing issue," as one GOP strategist put it, and "Republicans' intolerance to marriage equality has been detrimental to winning".
"If you try to go in with a losing issue, you can pretty much be assured you're not going to get away with it, because, even if the other side doesn't catch it, he will".
Protecting later abortion is not a losing issue.
Trump may lose, Krikorian says, but that doesn't mean immigration hawkishness is a losing issue.
Ron thinks/hopes it'll help GOP by sidelining a losing issue for them.
Republicans just realized it was a losing issue for them, and dropped it.
