Two Different Parties

For John, BLUF:  The linked article suggests that the Democratic Party is aggressive and pushing its agenda, while the Republicans on Capitol Hill are timid and seem interested in slowing down, rather than reversing the Democratic passed legislation.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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There’s A Reason DC Democrats Are Always Winning, Even When They Lose

Here is the sub-headline:

When it matters, Republicans look around and say, 'Oh no we can't do that, we’d lose a man.  The Democrats would take seats.'  They are virtually a majority for the sake of being a majority.

From The Federalist, by Mr Christopher Bedford, 10 September 2021.

Here is the lede plus five:

Washington Republicans are excited for the 2022 elections, and they have reason to be — they’re going to do well.  They’re heavy favorites to take back the House of Representatives; and despite a very bad Senate map, it’s a coin flip they’ll retake that too.

None of this is too shocking: First-term presidents usually face a backlash, and often it’s a bloodbath.

President Barack Obama crushed Sen. John McCain, then lost 63 House seats two years later; President Donald Trump lost 42 seats in 2018; President Bill Clinton lost 54.  In fact, the only first-term president to not lose House seats in the midterms in the past 55 years was President George W. Bush, in the post-9/11 2002 midterms.

This is the nature of politics:  A new man is swept in and carries fellow party members with him, then two years later enthusiasm has waned, the president’s promises have turned into a more frustrating reality, and opposition voters are angry and fired up.  So what happens?  They punish the party in power.

All of that figures to be even worse for President Joe Biden.  Nobody is passionate about Biden himself, and in 2022 Democrats won’t be turning out to vote against Trump, so even if Biden were doing a bang-up job he’d still be in for what his old boss called “a shellacking.”

But Biden is not doing a great job — he’s doing terribly.

But, then, when in power, the Republicans will do nothing to stop the Progressive drifft of the nation.  Read the article to see the reasoning.

The Republicsn are too polite.  They need their own Saul Alinski to guide them.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff