General Discussion

But I also acknowledged (to myself) that I don't know the insider's scope as to what the GOP was prepared to do. They are not normal; it's a whole different game than we've ever seen in American politics. I've never seen a party do so much damage to the entire country and give zero f*cks. I honestly think the GOP was prepared to let the entire country go down in flames.

So maybe the Democrats realized they weren't going to win this, not this round. I'm not making excuses and I'm not "cheerleading", but I'm also not personally worried about putting food on the table, so I can't speak for whether or not someone else who is could have lasted much longer.

Since that horse has left the barn, what to do now? One thing is to get the old guard Dems who aren't willing to fight out of office and put in some Dems who will fight.