Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.

  • Bendavisunlv6@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    This happens with everyone. Remember the “blue dog democrats?”

    Once power is to be had, everyone wants their piece of it for their provincial agenda. And when a party is on the defensive, they all band together to survive.

    This is frankly one of the healthy checks and balances that keeps any one group from achieving hegemony.

    If the whole country went overwhelmingly red or blue for any period of time, we’d see a third party emerge to destabilize it. Exactly as happened with Perot after the Reagan Dynasty.