Reply #3: if the Republicans had any sense - [View All]

[mzteris]

they'd go for a joint group of "non-partisans" - and help forge something that actually works and is good for the people.

Understanding that THEY DON'T call the shots, they can be perceived as obstructionist and partisan, or as the non-partisans who put "the people" ahead of political consideration. That move alone will actually give them political capital and possibly restore some goodwill for their party. (Not that I'd like to see that part, but if they were smart that's what they'd do. But they're not, sooooooo........ guess Dems will have to do it without them.