We got here because the pendulum of power shifted from “The Republicans are so stupid,” to “The Democrats are so stupid.”
I travel in Republican circles, but because I am in education, I encounter the other mindset regularly. I know they aren’t stupid, even in areas where I strongly disagree.
You can continue to fight battles with the ‘arrogant’ opposition, but the ones you need to win over to your way of thinking, or to a pragmatic compromise, are not from that minority delegation.
When the Obama Presidency began, the Left decried the blatant and consistent obstructionism that prevailed.
Now, however, the Resistance, is championed by the Left, and the contention is that such obstructionism is patriotic.
I denounce much of the tide that has lifted Trump, but your rallying cry is doomed to legislative failure. The GOP has retaken the House, The Senate, and the White House using your strategy, and still the governing process is stalled. There’s a moral in there somewhere.
