Exactly. Acquiring the power first puts us in a position to effect–and here's the hard part– incremental changes. Incremental, because that's how a representative republic works. The left has stayed focused on this strategy since before FDR, and history shows us how wildly successful they have been.
I'm laughing my ass off at the deliberate attempts to try and sell bullshit as the only viable thing there is to eat.
The GOP asked for the House.
We gave them the House.
They said they couldn't do anything until they had the Senate.
We gave them that.
They spent like drunken sailors on leave right along with the Democrats, so many Conservatives stayed home in 2006 and said there was no point to voting for Republicans who act like Democrats.
Pelosi became Speaker.
Then the same song and dance you just spewed was begged from your party. We gave them the House back.. Then they said they couldn't stop Obama without the Senate. Then after 7 years of saying they needed the Presidency and will will repeal Obamacare 'root and branch' - they reneged as soon as we handed them all 3 branches of the government.
By all means, continue to practice insanity and lie to yourselves that voting for the lesser liberal in a totally corrupt party is the answer.
Just know the rest of us are going to wake up as many from your stupor as we possibly can and do what Codevilla is saying is the necessity.