Why did the GOP “fold?”
The so called progressive majority lined their own pockets with the bill.
Obama has bought them off repeatedly.
End of story.
Result? The GOP has alienated its populist conservative base and that means they will stay home during the 2016 election. Say hello to another leftist president in November of 2016. The American people will have to tolerate another term of Hillery Clinton of Elizabeth Warren while the GOP annoints another drone loser GOP candidate such as Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney.
Horrid.
The real problem in 2016 is that conservatives won’t get behind one candidate. Instead, we’ll have 5-7 conservatives running all of whom will accuse the others of being heretics to the cause. If the GOP progressives get behind one of their candidates (Bush, Romney or Christie) they’ll win the nomination easily. If on the other hand conservatives line up behind one guy we can win easily. Romney only got 39% of the vote in the GOP primaries in 2012. That means 60% went to conservative candidates. Unfortunately, we conservatives are too foolish to, as a voting block, get behind one of them.