Yes, but:
Option 1 = CAVE
Option 2 = CAVE
Option 3 = FIGHT
so, yes, in Option 2, the GOP may take one stand before the eventual cave, but both 1 and 2 lead to the same result.
My current line of thinking is that A) The GOP were in the minority in the House for 40 years for a reason, B) The current make-up of the GOP is either in collusion or incompetent, C) I am leaning heavily toward collusion.
Its a combination of the two. I been documenting details of both here for two years.
When I say ‘take a stand, then lose and then cave’ exhibit A is the FICA standoff a year ago.
That attempt was so ill-conceived and so ill-executed that even the House members who demanded that fight told Bohner that it was time to give it up. No one in the House wanted to hold out.
Then early this year they passed the final one year FICA cut extension in the House (whatever Reid demanded) out of view. Classic ‘trap yourself’
Losing is losing, winning is winning. That is my ultimate classification.