People, especially politicians, are INDIVIDUALLY motivated. Democrats are a coalition party. They are a collection of divergent interests with a common interest - government as an unprecedented way of accumulating resources that can be used by people who aren’t interested in earning them.
As such, INDIVIDUAL senators and reps are looking at the balance sheet. So is the media. CNN is on the ropes, literally. So is PMSNBC.
If Obama can use individual senators, the Senate, the House, and individual reps to advance their agenda, then each and all can surmise that turnabout is profitable - individually and collectively.
The republicans are no different - they are appropriators. There’s the unity plank between the parties. They are appropriators - not servants of the people are patriots. It’s how a millionaire rep becomes worth 10’s and 100’s of millions throughout his or her career.
It’s why very rich candidates will spend $20M to $35M of their own cash for a job that pays $180,000.
Democrats don’t care about their party. They care about their business model. To the extent that Obama’s actions endanger their ability to use that business model down the road, anything is possible.
This is why Rove is jihad on conservatives. Conservatives are a threat to the business model in DC. That’s precisely why Palin had to be destroyed. It’s one thing to wreck it in Alaska - nobody cares. Don’t bring that sh!t to DC.
It’s why Cruz is the anti-Christ to both parties and every media outlet. DC is freaking out.
Unfortunately, the successful business model which creates billionaires like Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer, among others ...like Orrin Hatch and Mitch McConnell, has lead to the death throes of the Republic. Congress' real work now is to represent big contributors before the all-powerful ... and completely un-constitutional ... agencies. Our representatives often have no clue about what is in the bills they pass, which are written for them by the very agencies they are supposed to control. We are ruled by the regulators, not by the elected representatives, who function as insider traders.
Who is going to rein them in? How? 6 years into an administration and we have no budget. WTF is next for the Republic? Is this it? A new Bolivia with plumbing, for as long as it lasts anyway?