I don't think the GOP is in that much trouble.
They've locked up the House for the foreseeable future. They're getting all kinds of laws past in the states that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. They've stacked the courts to the point where the DC circuit can rule against recess appointments, and where it looks like the teeth of the Voting Rights Act are about to be pulled. The entire economic debate is being fought out on ground only a smidge to the left of their own choosing. Sensible gun control turns out to be DOA, at least in part because Democratic politicians are afraid of mighty Republican ad buys in contestable states. Campaign finance is a a dead parrot, and the system in situ is vastly to their advantage. Real action on climate change is utterly stalled.
Charlie Pierce
They've locked up the House for the foreseeable future. They're getting all kinds of laws past in the states that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. They've stacked the courts to the point where the DC circuit can rule against recess appointments, and where it looks like the teeth of the Voting Rights Act are about to be pulled. The entire economic debate is being fought out on ground only a smidge to the left of their own choosing. Sensible gun control turns out to be DOA, at least in part because Democratic politicians are afraid of mighty Republican ad buys in contestable states. Campaign finance is a a dead parrot, and the system in situ is vastly to their advantage. Real action on climate change is utterly stalled.
Charlie Pierce
They don't have an opposition party. So why are all the newscasters talking about how the GOP is outdated and running scared? I don't get it either, Charlie. Unless, it's just THAT important to them to have the title of King of the World to go with their impact on it.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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