I don’t see a difference between the Senate being held by the Democrat Party or the ‘We’re Better Democrats than the Democrats’ Party.
Will a Republican Senate block a Supreme Court nominee? They didn’t even blink as the nuclear option was crammed down their throat. Some ‘gang of X’ will ensure whatever communist is nominated.
Will they pass a conservative budget and hold the line on a veto. Not hardly. It’s those damned conservatives that want to use the powers that congress holds to force a showdown. The Senate is a club and we want to just get along...
Will a Republican Senate hold the pResident accountable for his illegal executive fiats? Of course not.
Will they hold the line on immigration? Those damned conservatives (and most other Americans, too, but that doesn’t matter) are the obstacle to Republicans being as progressive as they know they want to be on this issue.
Gay marriage? Well, that’s already a fait accompli and you should really get over it.
I don’t see any daylight between the parties. I don’t see how McConnell is one bit better than Reid. I do, however, see that rewarding McConnell with majority status teaches the BDTD Party that their base doesn’t matter. I believe it more important to rub in the message that they can’t win without their base than it is to allow a changing of the drapes with no change in policy.
So. I get probably 10 solicitations a day to help take back the Senate. By phone. By mail. By email. See. I DO have a history of supporting candidates, and the various donor lists know it.
Until someone can show me it’s in the interest of conservatives to tow the party line, I’ll continue to ignore every solicitation. Nothing in this article changes my mind. I share the writers concerns about the Democrats holding the Senate. I just believe the same exact concerns exist if the ‘Better Dems than Dems’ Party takes over.
So all that to say this: the squishes can go to hell.
Well said. Whoever thinks the GOP is DIFFERENT from the democrat party..
IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!
A President has a right to his nominees.
Orin Hatch