re: The DC Uniparty wants everything you don't.

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So, if you believe these things to be true, why do you think DC Repubs have had a challenge in emphasizing and making that difference well known to the general voting base in recent times? (Unless you feel they have been already.)

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Because there is a difference in pounding a pulpit and actually governing when you don't have clear majorities in the House and Senate.

Republicans have a very thin majority in one chamber, so if they are going to get ANYTHING they want, they have to compromise on SOMETHING. The problem in today's political sphere is that we're so polarized that compromise isn't allowed...if you compromise you've violated the loyalty test and a Presidential candidate may give you a nickname and kill any chance you have to hold your seat.

For example, both sides support aid to Israel. For the most part, the majority both sides support aid to Ukraine (in the form of equipment that we pay Americans to replace). But we are strictly divided on aid to Hamas and the border. That's why we don't have a bill because Democrats put those poison pills in to ensure Republicans won't vote for it. Then they get to run to the media and put the blame on Republicans for not getting anything accomplished. Like I said before, Republicans are bad at politics.

It's not that they have the same positions like a uniparty would. If they did, you'd see a never ending stream of legislation coming out. Thankfully, Republicans hold just enough of a majority to prevent Dems from running everything.