Will Trump's random outbursts kill the GOP effort to destroy ObamaCare?

Health care reform is a careful, painstaking process. Does that sound anything like Trump?

Donald Trump's unpredictable mouth could compromise everything.
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As a politician, Donald Trump is intuitive. He doesn't stay up late studying briefing books, or carefully craft messages with multiple layers of meaning. He gets in front of a crowd, throws some stuff out, and sees what gets a response. He jumps on Twitter and says whatever pops into his head. He goes by his gut.

Which is, you can argue, how he got to be president (or at least part of the story). But now that impulsiveness and desire to say whatever will produce applause could be the thing that undoes Republicans' plan to destroy ObamaCare.

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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.