Republicans long fantasized about a very different government: one run by a strong president indifferent to media pressure, empowered by a Republican Congress, backed by a conservative Supreme Court and lower court system, and free of administrative state handcuffs and hostile federal employees.
Why it matters: This dream — a true decades-long, unfolding nightmare for Democrats — is closer to reality than at any point in our lifetimes.
I think they’re going to have a much harder time implementing it now that people seem to be learning what their plans are.
Congressional Republicans will want to be re-elected no matter how powerful the executive is. Their jobs will be on the line now. More importantly, their fortunes are on the line now.
I’m trying to be optimistic about this…
You’re doing great.