Politics as Usual
P. Schultz
Below is a
link to an article entitled “Republicans are in Full Control of the Government
– But Losing Control of Their Party.” It is an interesting article but what
the article fails to take note of: This is what the mainstream Republicans want
because it means the status quo will continue and, if it continues, they
continue and, hopefully for them, continue to control the party.
Here is the key passage: “Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill
have described the dynamic between the White House and GOP lawmakers as a
“disconnect” between Republicans who are still finding it difficult to accept
that he is the leader of the party that they have long controlled.
“The
disconnect is between a president who was elected from outside the Washington
bubble and people in Congress who are of the Washington bubble,” Sen. David
Perdue (R-Ga.), who works closely with the White House. “I don’t think some
people in the Senate understand the mandate that Donald Trump’s election
represented.”
Whether
Trump had a mandate is questionable but he does have the presidency and this is
a threat to those mainstream Republicans who share little with Trump
politically and like him even less. So, what to do? Well, appear to be
incompetent, bogged down in intraparty fights, and little or nothing will
change. And because the most powerful Republicans want to preserve the status
quo, Trump’s attempts to move them will fail.
But what about the
country? I can hear it now: "But the country is getting screwed?" Of
course it is. But where's the news in that? That's been going on since at least
1980 and Reagan's election. I mean just because Bill Clinton didn't screw
Monica doesn't mean he didn't screw us!
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