There Is No Long Game

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There Is No Long Game

Aaron Miller July 27, 2015 at 6:15 am

During his excellent speechbefore Congress Sen. Ted Cruz repeated a common complaint of Republican voters:

 

The American people were told, “If only we have a Republican majority in the House, things will be different.” Well, in 2010, the American people showed up in enormous numbers and we got a Republican majority in the House. And very little changed. [...] Then the American people were told, “You know, the problem is the Senate. If only we get a Republican majority in the Senate and retire Harry Reid as majority leader, then things will be different.” Well, in 2014, the American people rose up in enormous numbers, voted to do exactly that. We have had a Republican majority in both houses of Congress now for about 6 months. What has that majority done?

 

While debating the possibility of defunding Planned Parenthood the other day, a fellow Republican insisted we needed total control

 

While debating the possibility of defunding Planned Parenthood the other day, a fellow Republican insisted we needed total control — a Republican President and a Republican majority in both houses of Congress — for that to happen.