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Offline EasyAce

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Three Cheers for the Return of Divided Government
« on: November 07, 2018, 04:25:13 pm »
Democrats will be able to check the worst parts of Trump's presidency in a way Republicans never would, but will otherwise be very limited.
By Eric Boehm
http://reason.com/blog/2018/11/07/three-cheers-for-the-return-of-divided-g

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Democrats won the House. Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate . . .

. . . As election results go, that's about the best possible outcome. Not only that, but it's an outcome that allows, for one night at least, the faintest hope that the crazy train of American politics over the past two years may be slowing to a more sensible pace.

It's been clear for some time now that congressional Republicans were either unwilling or unable—probably both—to be a meaningful check on the Trump administration. Regardless of how you might feel about the Trump's relationship with Russia (or how that relationship might have affected the 2016 election, or the ongoing Mueller investigation), there's no denying that many other aspects of Trump's personal and professional finances deserve more scrutiny than they've received. Beyond that, his expansive and blunt use of of executive power to restrict immigration and impose tariffs deserves oversight from Congress. While Democrats may also be incapable (or unwilling) to grapple with Trump on policy issues, they can be no worse than House Republicans have been.

Meanwhile, the GOP's larger majority in the Senate effectively closes the door to any of the Democrats' more radical policy plans . . . in the meantime, a split Congress is the best hope for anyone who's not an unrepentent MAGA-head or outright democratic socialist. Whether American politics are chilling out a little bit or the crazies on both sides are now simply cancelling each other out, a stalemate will be a welcome reprieve . . .

. . . Neither major party can claim to have a mandate in Washington, D.C., right now. That sounds just fine.
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Re: Three Cheers for the Return of Divided Government
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2018, 04:32:27 pm »
Gridlock for two years is a small price to pay to get rid of the GOP deadwood.

We should come back much stronger for 2020.  That's the big prize.

The Rats will deflate their base by then.  Yes they were pumped for this election, but I think they blew their you-know-what on this election.
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