“Democrats may be perversely saving Republicans from electoral pain by keeping the chamber from spinning too deeply into chaos”
There was no choice - there was too much important legislative necessity going on to allow the majority to devolve into stasis for the third time. Responsible governing demands it. Democrats will get no kudos for this from many, but it was necessary even if it sucks.
“Democrats may be perversely saving Republicans from electoral pain by keeping the chamber from spinning too deeply into chaos”
There was no choice - there was too much important legislative necessity going on to allow the majority to devolve into stasis for the third time. Responsible governing demands it. Democrats will get no kudos for this from many, but it was necessary even if it sucks.
It's kind of like that putting country over party thing everyone keeps talking about. And in their own way and with the tools they have available Democrats are telling the Freedumb Caucus to just fuck off.
“Democrats may be perversely saving Republicans from electoral pain by keeping the chamber from spinning too deeply into chaos”
There was no choice - there was too much important legislative necessity going on to allow the majority to devolve into stasis for the third time. Responsible governing demands it. Democrats will get no kudos for this from many, but it was necessary even if it sucks.
It's kind of like that putting country over party thing everyone keeps talking about. And in their own way and with the tools they have available Democrats are telling the Freedumb Caucus to just fuck off.