It’s a congress that where the more moderates, those willing to work with the other side, compromise and play that old political game of give and take from both parties won’t. Mainly because they don’t want to feel the wrath of the extremist within their parties. This is in my opinion much more prevalent within the GOP than the Democratic Party.
You have Trump who isn’t the speaker or even a member of congress controlling what the Republican House members do. Then there are the Trump surrogates like MTG, Gaetz, Boebert, etc., some 20-25 members running roughshod over all the rest of the Republican House members. You have this from MTG today:Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing letter
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politi...sting-speaker-johnson-in-scathing-letterThe Democrats have their squad. But they pale in comparison. Still they don’t want to let any other democrat work with republicans. Biden doesn’t interfere with the democrats in the house. I don’t know what to make of Jeffries, he hasn’t been in that job long enough. But being in the minority, squabbles within the Democratic House members rarely get the media attention the republicans in the majority does. Although all that media attention is well deserved.
One last thing, since this is the election thread, here’s the latest generic congressional ballot.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/2024/generic-congressional-voteAs of today, going district by district, the democrats have 23 seats at risk vs. 21 republican seats at risk of switching. What this means either via the generic congressional ballot or district by district is either party could gain or lose 5-8 seats. The house like the presidential is a 50-50 shot as to who wins or who gains or loses control.
