This came up in a discussion with youngest son. We are still close enough to talk politics even though his politics don't always agree with mine. To which I said, neither side (party) has enough votes to pass their program. The Republican majority in the Senate is now down to one since the Alabama election. The Republican majority in the house is a little bigger, but the "House Freedom Caucus" RINO's all, cannot be counted to vote with the party. In short, the Congress is deadlocked between the two parties, neither has enough votes to vote their program thru and get on with things.
The only solution is to convince more voters to join one side or the other, and give their side a solid majority. This is hard. First off, neither party has made (and published) a clear and simple statement of their views. Partly because they cannot come together on one view, and partly because of the modern conviction that stating your views just makes you enemies, never friends. Which is why politicians refrain from saying any thing of substance and talk about motherhood and apple pie.
Lacking any thing from the two parties, the voters will listen to respected public figures. But we don't have many of those any more. Used to be guys like Walter Cronkite, Jim Lehrer, and David Brinkley had the respect of the public and were listened to. Now a days all we have is Dan Rather, Rachel Maddow, and Opray Winfrey. Nobody respects them much. And the entire MSM has destroyed any confidence the public might have held in them. Nobody believes any politician much. Public opinion isn't going to change much in the current absence of trusted voices urging change.
So, the current deadlock looks like it will continue for a long time.
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