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In reply to the discussion: The remedy for this COUP isn't Hatch. It's Clinton. [View all]Thomas Hurt
(13,986 posts)Stop thinking a presidential candidate is a prophet or rock star or a savior and is going to singlehandedly lead America and more specifically Congress to some ideological silver bullet...also wholesale un-election of incumbents in Congress for at least four or five election cycles. One-party hegemony is not the answer. Removing the safety of incumbency is.
Around 70% of incumbents are re-elected and Congress' approval rating is around 20%.
Which only means we hate the performance of politicians we can't do anything about. They know it and thus we have the AHCA.
We generally revile the state of politics and yet we actually do little to change it. We hate politics, we elect one party's candidate to the WH, we let that person stew in office for the full 8 years, we still hate politics, we elect the other party's candidate because he of she is different this time (wink, wink), we let them stew in office for eight years, we hate politics even more, wash, rinse, repeat.
Frankly, that is convenient and easy and it will continue.