It is happening now as we speak. And the Republican Party response? They cut a bad budget deal and attack the base. Why? To save their phony baloney jobs. The Republican establishment is facilitating this slide into oblivion—they just want to get their piece of the action before the collapse.
There is only one party in Washington: the Re-Election Party, dedicated to the personal enrichment of its members at taxpayer expense.
.....Or rather before the conservative take-over. No collaspe, conservative take-over