[Don Corleone]

Republicans cannot afford to do what they have largely always done with a Senate majority: set it on a shelf, polish it, and admire it from afar.

Pols, especially Repubs "point with pride and view with alarm". That is pretty much their playbook.

[GailA]

Mercola: You Can Check in, but You Can Never Leave
https://robertyoho.substack.com/p/mercola-you-can-check-in-but-you?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1NjI2ODQ5NSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDc1ODg5NDYsIl8iOiJQaWp6cyIsImlhdCI6MTY0MzEzMDE2MywiZXhwIjoxNjQzMTMzNzYzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjkwNjUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.84hxR5jb1BpDCF4V9YiT7ertYJavlN-KDsjA0A08nPI

HOW HEALTHCARE WAS RUINED
https://robertyoho.substack.com/p/how-healthcare-was-ruined?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1NjI2ODQ5NSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDc1MzkwODQsIl8iOiJQaWp6cyIsImlhdCI6MTY0MzEzMDEyMiwiZXhwIjoxNjQzMTMzNzIyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjkwNjUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.brx-eElcK8eS5HbSgL-A60uBnT4Dh9aQYTK-jcunQnA

I do better with written words, due to hearing impaiment form 2 Meniere’s attacks.

[Soul of the South]

“Pols, especially Repubs “point with pride and view with alarm”. That is pretty much their playbook. “

I expect little difference from the GOP in the House. I very much remember the earmarks of Speaker Hastert, the timidness of Speaker Boehner, and the treachery of Speaker Ryan. Prospective Speaker McCarthy was allied with Boehner and Ryan. Why would things change under McCarthy as leader of the majority in the House?

Republicans are not ideological warriors. They are administrators, not fighters. Most are in politics to line their pockets. To their credit, the Democrats are passionate about their collectivist governing philosophy and fight for it with a vengeance whether in the majority or the minority.

So many Freepers believe a Republican majority in Congress will save the Republic. Yet McConnell is essentially telling us to expect business as usual. He and his fellow GOP Senators plan to go back to serving the big donors and being part of the Washington insider social club. They are elitists who will do nothing to put their personal wealth and status at risk for the voter base. If enabling the Democrat agenda allows them to preserve the status quo that is what they will do, while lying and giving lip service to conservative principles. Democrats want a communist dictatorship. Republicans want money and status for themselves. No political party today stands for limited government and individual freedom.

[ModelBreaker]

“Republicans cannot afford to do what they have largely always done with a Senate majority: set it on a shelf, polish it, and admire it from afar.”

About all they will be able to do for the next two years is prevent bad stuff from being passed.

Anything good that congress passes will be vetoed by Biden.

[Olog-hai]

Why can’t they afford to do that?