The stalled negotiations on Capitol Hill are politically surreal, writes EricLevitz
Who’s the boss? Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images America’s small-business sector is burning. Congress sent a fire crew to rush in and bring its occupants to safety. But to ensure that Uncle Sam didn’t send more help than was needed, lawmakers put a tight cap on the number of engines authorities could dispatch to counter the blaze. This week, that limit was exceeded.
Recent polling from Navigator Research buttresses this interpretation. Not only does the pollster find the public souring on Trump’s pandemic response, it also reveals that some 10 percent of voters who say they approve of the president do so more because “it is important to be supportive of President Trump during this time of national crisis” than because “Trump has shown strong leadership and taken decisive action throughout the crisis.
The ostensible motivation for the GOP’s behavior isn’t hard to discern. The Republican Party is the electoral vehicle of an ideological movement. When the goals of maximizing electoral success and advancing the conservative ideological project come into conflict, the GOP often prioritizes the latter over the former. This is why the party does not run figures like Charlie Baker and Larry Hogan for president despite the ostensible popularity of their brand of center-right governance.
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