Edmund
I would not put words in your mouth nor thoughts in your head, but it appears that for elected Republicans there is simply no such thing as a hill worth dying for. The GOP controls the House which means they control every penny the government spends. It takes remarkable incompetence, cowardice, and corruption to fail leveraging that into fundamental reform.
Angelo Codevilla was right, there is a Ruling Class with its overwhelmingly gargantuan constituency, and the Productive Class, which will continue to edge towards Going Galt. I do not believe the system can be fixed until thgat gargantuan constituency tells the electeds that they do not want gubmint goodies.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Pete Ferron is right. What we have is two “rival” gangs of train robbers (GOP/Rat) boarding the train, not knowing the bridge up around the curve has collapsed. The actuarial reality is pretty much set in concrete.
>> I would not put words in your mouth nor thoughts in your head, but it appears that for elected Republicans there is simply no such thing as a hill worth dying for. >>
That is true, which is why it is sort of stupid for us to get all riled up over a hill that absolutely was NOT worth dying for. We’ll have plenty of chances to bitch at them over significant issues for just the reason you stated.
In other words, you think you might be disagreeing with me, but actually you are making my case. This is not the hill to die on and this freshman is not the guy to lead it. There will be other chances.