Sometimes I worry I write too many columns about why the existing political coalitions can't govern, but the stalemate of the coalitions has ongoing for a decade now, and it's a pretty important fact about our politics.
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I think this stalemate is distinct in the concurrent failure of bipartisanship. Bush and Clinton and HW and Reagan could all pass legislation in a way that post-2010 Obama and post-TCJA Trump cannot.
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You should write more about Mitch McConnell and what he symbolizes!
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That may be right, but the stalemate is much more extensive across the government now than it used to be.
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Good point. Of course, there were other reform moments on the state and municipal level. I would attribute the narrowness of reform windows to the multiple oligarchic vetoes in the federal structure.
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From 1954-94 bipartisanship somewhat worked because the GOP had lost any real hope of taking full control - might as well use what influence you have. 1994 brought us Gingrich, the precursor to McConnell, establishing in the GOP the belief that they just had to wait and obstruct.
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WHY ARE WE PAYING THESE PEOPLE???
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Could argue 1995-1996 was also a period of broken stalemate.
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