'Passage of the debt ceiling bill, a compromise largely dictated by Republicans, perhaps shows that the party wants to win & is finally realizing that 75% of something is better than 100% of nothing. They’ll get the latter if they choose Trump.' -hgurdon
For tactical reasons, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have emphasized what’s in the deal for their own party but avoided excessive boasting that could alienate the other side and jeopardize passage through Congress.But both know it’s a hands-down Republican victory, the first in recent memory.
This forced Biden to back down, to negotiate when he’d said he never would, and to accept two principles — that spending is tied to debt and that the House majority has a legitimate role in government. But some fiscally hawkish Republicans oppose the deal, too, saying it should have gone further. Of course, it could, but that’s the nature of divided government. McCarthy and Biden get it right when they point out that it was a compromise. Republicans didn’t and couldn’t get everything they wanted. They hold only half of one-third of the three branches of power in Washington.
Describing politics as “the art of the possible” can be a trite excuse for lack of principle. But it is hackneyed also because it is true. If you want freedom to govern as you think best, you need victory and must hold the presidency and Capitol Hill. If not, get ready to compromise.
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