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They. Don't. Care.
they just blame the democrats and the maga morons will eat it right up.
I don't know. They frame other budget crises as fighting the good fight.
Here they look like squabbling clowns who can't get their own party in line.
Is it going to sway tribalists to vote Democrat? Fuck no. But it is costing them donor money and it makes them look weak politically.
I bet they care. If this goes into November, which it might due to habit energy and stubborn idiots, they're all going to have a lot of trouble spinning this as someone else's fault.
They do this every other year and it hasn't cost them any donor money yet
Not this. They get into brinkmanship over the budget often. And in that case it's easy to blame Dems for not giving into their demands.
This is different. There's no demands. They can't even agree amongst themselves.
And it's a political weakness that will cost them votes and donations. Some of them at least are smart enough to care.
They only care as far as this makes them look bad to the people who vote for them.
Well yeah. And donate to them.
And this does make them look bad.
There are certainly some factions within the Republican party that would look at the current situation with glee, but I think you're right.
I remember reading some analysis back when Grover Norquist was having Tea Party members sign pledges/get others to sign pledges, that those pledges would eventually create a lose-lose situation for the opportunistic Republican candidates that signed them. They seemed to be beneficial from a populist standpoint, but were fundamentally incompatible with the reality of politics requiring some amount of give and take.
Basically predicting a situation somewhat similar to this.
They do, but only in the last hour, when people start preparing the consequences to their actions:
When people start shorting the USA stock market
When CEOs start hiding their USD overseas
When rich folk start pulling their money out of the stock market.
When rich folk start investing in foreign capital.
Whether or not Republicans can admit it, something has changed in the dynamics of this argument. Where originally shutting down the government was an option. Now, it is the last thing they want to do. Which means American citizens just have to keep up the pressure on politicians. And this turkey will cook itself.
Oh yeah well what about if the wealthy start offshoring their assets, then?
So just another Tuesday then
Yep, a good chunk are okay with the result. They just hate being embarrassed getting it.