With nine days left before the Nov. 17 deadline, neither the House nor the Senate have settled on a path forward, and Speaker Mike Johnson is considering an array of GOP ideas.
That’s also political suicide for them. A shutdown under their watch, or cooperating with Dems despite technically having a majority are both costly. Which is why they’re in the position they’re in.
I’m genuinely surprised by all the people saying they’re doing this on purpose. They seem miserable and furious with each other.
It is absolutely true that working with the Democrats is political suicide for them, but it’s not like their voters are going to remember it tomorrow. They have the collective memory of a fruit fly. They may be pissed and bitch for a little bit but there will be hundreds more strawmen to distract their voters with in the next year.
Perhaps “on purpose” doesn’t go for the whole Republican assembly outside of the Crazy 8, but they’re definitely not trying as hard as they say they are.
Voters absolutely have punished parties for shut downs, and for being too cooperative with the enemy. People get primaried out of a job for a lot less than working with the other party against their own colleagues when they have the majority. It’s almost unprecedented. This has already destroyed the last of McCarthy’s pathetic career. Honestly, this is as silly as people who said that Republicans can “simply” vote for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker to end the stalemate. It’s just not how US politics works.
I think lemmings are wanting to endorse whatever makes Republicans out to be the most intentionally nefarious — and look, I’m all for that because fuck Republicans — but it’s just plainly untrue here. They clearly hate this situation. This is not intentional.
That’s also political suicide for them. A shutdown under their watch, or cooperating with Dems despite technically having a majority are both costly. Which is why they’re in the position they’re in.
I’m genuinely surprised by all the people saying they’re doing this on purpose. They seem miserable and furious with each other.
It is absolutely true that working with the Democrats is political suicide for them, but it’s not like their voters are going to remember it tomorrow. They have the collective memory of a fruit fly. They may be pissed and bitch for a little bit but there will be hundreds more strawmen to distract their voters with in the next year.
Perhaps “on purpose” doesn’t go for the whole Republican assembly outside of the Crazy 8, but they’re definitely not trying as hard as they say they are.
Voters absolutely have punished parties for shut downs, and for being too cooperative with the enemy. People get primaried out of a job for a lot less than working with the other party against their own colleagues when they have the majority. It’s almost unprecedented. This has already destroyed the last of McCarthy’s pathetic career. Honestly, this is as silly as people who said that Republicans can “simply” vote for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker to end the stalemate. It’s just not how US politics works.
I think lemmings are wanting to endorse whatever makes Republicans out to be the most intentionally nefarious — and look, I’m all for that because fuck Republicans — but it’s just plainly untrue here. They clearly hate this situation. This is not intentional.