WASHINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- For the last eight years Republicans were the opposition party against U.S. President Barack Obama. Now, they are having trouble transitioning into the role of governing party, and that may impact the party's effectiveness in passing its agenda, experts said.
The Republican Party (GOP) has many factions, including evangelicals, libertarians, the so-called Wall Street wing, moderate conservatives, right-leaning conservatives, neo-conservatives, the Tea Party and others. From an ideological standpoint the party is quite diversified -- and in recent weeks that has made it hard to agree on anything.
At the same time, Democrats are marching in lock step with the party line, and so far, that is serving Democrats well in a hot political climate in which President Donald Trump is operating.
Indeed, the GOP suffered a huge loss last week when it failed to produce a bill to repeal and replace the former president's healthcare revamp, also known as Obamacare. Democrats have been quick to blast the GOP on this failure and other issues in the president's first 100 days.
One of Trump's central campaign promises was to come up with an alternative to Obamacare, as Trump's supporters decried Obamacare for what they felt were high prices for health insurance policies and unfair new taxes associated with the law. It's unclear what's next regarding the GOP's actions on healthcare, but more delay in passing a bill could begin to chip away at the party's credibility among supporters, experts said.
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