I agree with your sentiment but as it turns out, during the Bush/Cheney years there was considerably less chaos in Congress.
Debt ceiling increases both pre-2006 midterms and after were routine and not escalated fiascos that the Tea Party and Grover Norquist were pushing. Bipartisanship was more popular. And even Nancy Pelosi when she was…
I agree with your sentiment but as it turns out, during the Bush/Cheney years there was considerably less chaos in Congress.
Debt ceiling increases both pre-2006 midterms and after were routine and not escalated fiascos that the Tea Party and Grover Norquist were pushing. Bipartisanship was more popular. And even Nancy Pelosi when she was House Speaker said the Bush Administration was cooperative compared to the Trump Administration.
It certainly is low bar. However, the GOP did it to themselves by bankrolling the Iraq War with no accountability under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert until after the 2006 midterms.
It's during the Bush Administration that the neocons lost their credibility. Too many of their minions such as Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith and others were being snake oil salesmen for the justification behind the Iraq War.
I agree with your sentiment but as it turns out, during the Bush/Cheney years there was considerably less chaos in Congress.
Debt ceiling increases both pre-2006 midterms and after were routine and not escalated fiascos that the Tea Party and Grover Norquist were pushing. Bipartisanship was more popular. And even Nancy Pelosi when she was House Speaker said the Bush Administration was cooperative compared to the Trump Administration.
What a terribly low bar!
It certainly is low bar. However, the GOP did it to themselves by bankrolling the Iraq War with no accountability under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert until after the 2006 midterms.
It's during the Bush Administration that the neocons lost their credibility. Too many of their minions such as Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith and others were being snake oil salesmen for the justification behind the Iraq War.