Recent events give me hope for the Republican Party. I'm not talking about hope that Democrats will win all upcoming elections or that Republicans will see things my way. I'm talking about an opposition force to the Democrats that is at least reasonable and doesn't attempt things such as holding the government hostage.
Moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats recently passed a budget. Yes a budget, not a continuing resolution, an actual budget. The next step is to pass the omnibus bill, a large bill combining many spending bills into one. The omnibus bill is how we actually spend the money. I'll be watching anxiously to see if the moderate Republicans can maintain their self-governance and actually pass the omnibus. This could be the turn in the tide that has been leading us toward an inability of Congress to get anything done.
I know I'm further left, politically, than just about anybody in Congress, and certainly further Left than any Republican there, but this gives me hope. It's more important to me to take small steps in the right direction and keeping the government functioning than it is that the Democrats win big in small spurts. Democrats need Republicans to help keep them in line and pushing forward. What Democrats don't need is an opposition party set in stone to oppose anything Democrats put forth simply because it was put forth by Democrats. That this latter path seems to be what the Republicans are moving away from now. Not all Republicans are moving away from it, however, but the ones that are give me hope for the future. Here's to you, mainstream Republicans, may you persevere and not be beaten by another wave of Tea Party candidates.
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