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However, while you're absolutely right about the optics, that's fundamentally not how the US government operates. We are not a parliamentary system, and electi
by danaris 1y ago
However, while you're absolutely right about the optics, that's fundamentally not how the US government operates.
We are not a parliamentary system, and elections happen on a fixed schedule. Unless Congresspeople die or resign, this is the Congress we are stuck with until the midterm elections late next year.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoWe really do need some mechanism from the people itself to force a re-election. It can be as high as 75% to publicly convict, but it's clear that sometimes the people themselves need to speak now and not wait 2-6 years to fix bad faith actors. We see how much even 1 year of incompetence can do.
- prawn 1y agoIn theory, shouldn't the governing party adjust their position until they get the votes required?
- danaris 1y agoThat only works when the governing party cares about governing. The Republican Party has made it painfully clear over the past decade that they care more about winning than governing. The initial stages of this were when they vowed not to let any of Obama's priorities pass, to "make him a one-term president" (in their own words). They have to win, and they have to punish the loser.