Senate Democrats are working with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and a handful of Republicans on a rarely used procedural tactic to defeat Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blockade of more than 360 …
I think that there are a lot of Republicans right now who only care about not getting a primary challenger and it’s a race to the “pure” right.
Tuberville beat incumbent Doug Jones with just over 60% of the vote. He isn’t concerned about a Democrat beating him but a more extreme Republican could beat him in a primary.
Once upon a time, it seemed like being an advocate for their constituents and a competent administrator of the country as a whole got politicians reelected. Maybe I have rose-tinted history glasses tho…
There’s always been mud slinging and dirty politics. You can learn more about American mudslinging here. WWII changed American politics a lot. We had just come through the depression and the war and now America was a superpower. A lot of the politicians were veterans who respected each other because many of them served in some capacity. They also had a common enemy in the USSR. That spirit of comity has been steadily eroding and without an external enemy I think too many Americans see their political opposition as the enemy now.
I think that there are a lot of Republicans right now who only care about not getting a primary challenger and it’s a race to the “pure” right.
Tuberville beat incumbent Doug Jones with just over 60% of the vote. He isn’t concerned about a Democrat beating him but a more extreme Republican could beat him in a primary.
Once upon a time, it seemed like being an advocate for their constituents and a competent administrator of the country as a whole got politicians reelected. Maybe I have rose-tinted history glasses tho…
There’s always been mud slinging and dirty politics. You can learn more about American mudslinging here. WWII changed American politics a lot. We had just come through the depression and the war and now America was a superpower. A lot of the politicians were veterans who respected each other because many of them served in some capacity. They also had a common enemy in the USSR. That spirit of comity has been steadily eroding and without an external enemy I think too many Americans see their political opposition as the enemy now.