[Alberta's Child]

The Democrats easily maintain party discipline because that party is filled with losers who would be unemployable if they don’t do what they’re told.

Republicans are much more likely to be independent thinkers who are hard to push around because they could easily walk away from politics and do something else for a living.

[Miami Rebel]

A caucus isn’t effective if it’s a symposium of thinkers.

Dissent is fine on substance but the failure to get behind a speaker (who they don’t necessarily have to follow lockstep) is a surrender to anarchy.