No Artist in the Oval

I apologize now that this is going to be a political blog, but there is a lesson for us all in what happened today.
45’s promise to repeal Obamacare died today despite his having a historic one party control of the executive and legislative branches. This was the main stay of his political promise. Calling Obamacare the worst thing to happen in America and something he would “easily” fix was not so easy.
Now even Obama himself agrees that the first iteration of universal healthcare could be improved, but healthcare is an intricate web of medical providers, insurers and payers. Pulling on one string affects the whole web and throwing it our completely and starting over is more difficult than the President ever imagined. So 45 came to admit.
What 45 did not learn is that just because you have the numbers in terms of majorities in both the house and senate does not mean you can do anything you want. The self proclaimed deal maker is no artist when it comes to negotiating. He forgot to even talk to democrats about it. Today he blamed the democrats for the failure to get the bill passed which is really rich since he has done nothing to build any bridges to compromise with them. If he couldn’t get his own party to vote with him, why would he think the opposition would help him out, especially when he just calls them names.
Maybe this humbling moment will teach him that he needs to be the leader of whole country and work to craft legislation with both parties, not just within the multiple sides of his own party. The republicans practiced obstructionism for the last eight years since they refused to work with Obama and now they don’t know any other word than, “no.” No is not legislating. 
So congress, take this opportunity to reach across the aisle and do the hard work to make compromises, find middle ground and work on improving Obamacare. You don’t have to throw the whole thing out, but you can make amendments. Our best legislation comes when a leader from each party works together to craft a bill. It certainly takes more work, but nothing good is every easy. Hey 45, being President is harder than you thought.