The main reason why is because the democratic base want their representatives to have the moral high ground, even if it means losing major bills in Congress. It’s deeply frustrating because many of these people would rather Democrats “meet in the middle” and “negotiate”. What has made the right, and to a larger extent the alt-right, so powerful is that they know this about Democrats.
So Republicans can say with a straight face “I’ll put in just the tip” and then when push comes to shove, go in balls-deep and say, “mEeT Us iN ThE MiDdLe!”
Republicans have a base that doesn’t care about decorum. Democrats do.
If we could just pass some form of term limits, we should see less of this.
The main reason why is because the democratic base want their representatives to have the moral high ground, even if it means losing major bills in Congress. It’s deeply frustrating because many of these people would rather Democrats “meet in the middle” and “negotiate”. What has made the right, and to a larger extent the alt-right, so powerful is that they know this about Democrats.
So Republicans can say with a straight face “I’ll put in just the tip” and then when push comes to shove, go in balls-deep and say, “mEeT Us iN ThE MiDdLe!”
Republicans have a base that doesn’t care about decorum. Democrats do.
If we could just pass some form of term limits, we should see less of this.