Gridlock is likely to rule the federal government until at least 2023. Why 2023? Because it may not be until after the 2020 Census that the Democrats have a good chance of regaining control of the House of Representatives.
As long as Republicans rule the House, compromise with Democrats is out of the question. Look at what happened to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) in Tuesday’s GOP primary. Cantor is nobody’s idea of a compromiser. But because he did the minimum necessary to keep government operating — like voting to raise the debt ceiling and to end the government shutdown — Cantor was branded a traitor to the conservative cause. CONT.
Bill Schneider (George Mason U.), Reuters