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Re: The beginning of a new era of bipartisanship? [Kay Serrar]
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I still think a deal is reached. There is bipartisan support for a DACA fix. There is bipartisan support for more border security (no-one at this point is looking for a complete bricks and mortar wall, save some conservative radio pundits), and there is bipartisan support to address chain migration and end the lottery program. And no-one wants to be blamed for a government shutdown.
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We'll see...


Yes, we will. You have made the same point before, while ignoring the reality that barely 1/4 of voters really care deeply about the issue, and those that do are more extreme ends of the political spectrum, which have become numerically much larger. This leads to the major issue of...

Self-Preservation. Keeping your party in the majority is a very distant second compared to the imperative of personally getting re-elected. While there are a handful of "purple" districts, over 90% of districts are reliably one color. Especially for the GOP, the only challenge to job security is avoiding getting primaried (that, and sex with a minor). Immigration/abortion/guns are wedge issues that are career-enders for those who would dare to compromise. I remain skeptical of your logic until you can address this reality. All action on this issue is in the Senate. The House (with its gerrymandering and the Hastert Rule) is nearly impossible to move, given the basic Darwinian imperative of self-preservation and the historic partisanship of voters. For a depressing article on this partisanship (by county). read this article:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/purple-america-has-all-but-disappeared/


(Never mind the "shithole" comment).


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