Thanks for being such a close reader of Perilous Times. I aim for perfection in my usage, but sometimes fall a bit short. You are correct, I meant "intraparty consensus."
As you know, in recent years, there is very little effort to obtain inter-party consensus on very much. The House is a majority rule body, so the majority can pass pretty much anything once it has intraparty consensus.
My point is that I don't think that intraparty GOP consensus has occurred on the topic of budget cuts. Thus to negotiate with McCarthy will be like trying to nail jello to the wall as I said in a prior post. Even if Biden offers to cut program X, McCarthy will not be able to say his caucus is for that or against it. Some of it will and some will not. They are attracted to the idea of less spending in the abstract, but then come to grips with reality that most of this spending is popular with various of its constituencies.
The last sentence of the 19th paragraph. Do you mean "inter-party consensus" an agreement between
the Republican and Democratic Parties ; or , "intra-party consensus" an agreement among the members of the Republican Party? Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks for being such a close reader of Perilous Times. I aim for perfection in my usage, but sometimes fall a bit short. You are correct, I meant "intraparty consensus."
As you know, in recent years, there is very little effort to obtain inter-party consensus on very much. The House is a majority rule body, so the majority can pass pretty much anything once it has intraparty consensus.
My point is that I don't think that intraparty GOP consensus has occurred on the topic of budget cuts. Thus to negotiate with McCarthy will be like trying to nail jello to the wall as I said in a prior post. Even if Biden offers to cut program X, McCarthy will not be able to say his caucus is for that or against it. Some of it will and some will not. They are attracted to the idea of less spending in the abstract, but then come to grips with reality that most of this spending is popular with various of its constituencies.
The last sentence of the 19th paragraph. Do you mean "inter-party consensus" an agreement between
the Republican and Democratic Parties ; or , "intra-party consensus" an agreement among the members of the Republican Party? Inquiring minds want to know.