SeekAndFind wrote:
“If the electorate really favored progressivism, they would have given the Democrats control of the House of Representatives, and they did not.”
and Longbow1969 replied:
“Very deceptive. The reality is that the majority of the American people DID vote for a Democrat House of Representatives - by over 1.3 million votes actually. The only reason the Republicans hung on was through skillful gerrymandering.”
Longbow, I think you’re right.
But let me present you with an analogy, if I may try.
Think back to California of, say, 10-15 years ago. Even by then, it had become a solidly “blue” state (Schwarzenegger notwithstanding), but still had an effective Republican voice and representation which provided a measure of a “firewall” in the state legislature. That is to say, whatever legislation got passed (fiscal, etc.), had to “get through” the Republicans first. There were still enough of them there, elected by the conservative regions of the state to block the ‘rats from running roughshod over them.
We are at or near that same situation today, in the federal government. The Republican/conservative voice is still there (we hung onto the House), but it’s grip is tenuous. With the next election, the Republican House majority may be wiped out.
If that happens, expect the nation to go in the same direction as has gone California.
Off the cliff!
The Democrats didn’t get control of the House, because they didn’t want it....they want the Republicans to control the House so they could be their useful scapegoat when the crap hits the fan.
Good points, I agree with you.
If that happens, expect the nation to go in the same direction as has gone California.
Sadly, I think that is the direction we are going. It isn't necessarily that Republicans aren't fighting hard enough (though I'd certainly like to see them do a much better job of that), it's that what passes for 'the American public' these days have simply bought into secular socialism. We ceded the education and entertainment culture to the left for far too long, and this is the result.
My guess is this nation will keep moving in the same direction as California, until eventually the entire rotten socialist system implodes. I just don't know if we have 2 years or 30 before that happens. I don't know if we can kick the debt can down the road for a handful of years or generations. Eventually this house of cards will implode though.