Because they choose to be... it’s one of the many downsides of being a limp-wristed and gutless candy asses.
“The move resulted in a government shutdown that the public blamed on the GOP.”
The move resulted in a government shutdown that the GOPe blamed on the GOPC.
awwww......poor babies
Its your own fault for surrendering to Obama and keeping the Boehner “leadership”.
Gee, go figure.
They feel alienated? Tough crap - they alienated their base first by acting like hand-wringing pu$$ies and cow-towing to the Dems.
Of course they are irrelevant.
Everything they pass gets killed in the Senate.
Should the GOP take back the Senate this Fall, everything they pass will get vetoed by BHO.
They should go to their districts and campaign for the most coservative senate candidate, get 61, and feel relevant again.
Yes, and we feel like we have no representation.
as an aside:
In our world, when you don’t do your job, you get fired.
As well they should.
Too bad, so sad.
Now they know how patriots feel these days.
Maybe the poor dears should GROW SOME TESTICLES!
While I can convincingly argue that there are far too many laws being enacted – many of which (like obamacare) are most often not even read before they vote on them – the problem is that for decades, the cadre of career politicians and a largely uninformed or dependent electorate keep sending back to Washington have shipped so much of their constitutional authority to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that they have made themselves largely irrelevant – and obozo knows that!
When his Democrat congressional lackeys — and some Pubbies — stood and applauded his SOTU remark that he’ll act without their approval, a cold chill should have run up the back of anyone who has read and understands the constitutional structure dictating a SEPARATION OF POWERS!
That begs the question why!
The business of governing within the Constitution is fraught with political risks as every act carries the risk of making some part of the electorate angry. And voter inattention to our national affairs has permitted too many of them to remain in office for multiple decades. They prefer to let the guy in the Spite House take the hits because they don’t want to lose the best job most of them have ever had.
And just what’s up with most of these guys leaving office far wealthier than when they came in??
Just askin’
Because they are...
irrelevent = spineless
That’s what happens when they are constantly bending over. Stand up. Do the job you were sent to do.
Oh stop whining. Go to therapy and let someone else have the Seat.
Awwwwwwww. The poor little collaborators feel irrelevant! I guess between the Kobe beef dinners with lobbyists and the mutual circle jerks with their conference they don’t feel fulfilled. Maybe, just maybe, if they had the integrity and courage to get RID of their leadership, things would improve.
But no, this pathetic bunch of cowards and mama’s boys will boo-hoo on each other’s shoulders instead.