01-07-2023, 12:22 PM
(01-07-2023, 07:54 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Overall, this is the dog catching the car. There has long been the saying that Republicans are better at running for office and Democrats are better at governing. This is one of those instances where it is put on display. It's easy for the GOP to be in the minority and be disruptors, which is really all the Freedom Caucus cares about. They don't care who Speaker is, they really don't care how long the fight would've drawn out. All they care about is grinding the machinations of the government to a standstill and sewing chaos within. Honestly, McCarthy should be fine with this given his own lack of any sort of ideology beyond riding the winds of whatever is popular in his party at the time.
***** clowns.
Even with the ordeal now over, the GOP has been weakened.
It's critical for the party to dump MTG, Gaetz, Boebert, Gosar, Jordan, etc. If they could realistically unburden themselves from these unserious hacks, they would have a real shot at regaining power in 2024. The Party of Reagan or Bush would have cleaned up in the 2022 midterm without a doubt in my mind. McCarthy was compelled to give even more power to the very group that is killing the GOP from the inside out and costing them in national elections.
It's about as close to cancer as a political caucus can be. They need to remove it, but they can't. In fact, they have to keep feeding it to retain power. Trump will be much easier for the party to cast aside than the people they just gave control. We're going to see McCarthy become a puppet for MTG, who very clearly believes that she's mostly if not totally in control of the speaker. She will be the most vocal and visible member of the Party for the next two years.
This is a gift to the Dems. It further cements the probability of Biden getting re-elected, as, despite his gaffes and age, he will still look very sane compared to the alternatives.
Soon, we will get all sorts of Hillary-style fishing expeditions that go nowhere. I'm no clairvoyant, but I can easily envision the Justice Department and Hunter Biden's attorney's being the roadrunners to the woefully stupid an inept GOP's Will-E-Coyote for the next 2 years. They have no chance and are absolutely outclassed, but they will have no qualms about embarrassing themselves anyway. Gonna be fun.
