That’s all very sensible. It all feels a bit 2017-19 Brexit-like- similar situation where you take a normally majoritarian system and put it on a knife edge. I could also see why defections (a decent escape valve for many other legislatures) could empower the far left and so not be a good option for moderate republicans either. I wonder if ousting Johnson in favour of a unity candidate backed by some democrats could be an option? Or maybe there’s just too little trust to pull it off and high incentives for the dems to watch the republicans fail (not to mention trump patronage, cultural polarisation, etc).
Interesting article thanks! Why don’t moderate republicans threaten to remove him if he doesn’t propose Ukraine funding? There seems to be a similar issue here in the UK where the right of the Conservative Party exercise their veto power much more effectively than the centre; I’m keen to understand it. I feel like there must be more to it than relative levels of shamelessness/commitment to the party…
That’s all very sensible. It all feels a bit 2017-19 Brexit-like- similar situation where you take a normally majoritarian system and put it on a knife edge. I could also see why defections (a decent escape valve for many other legislatures) could empower the far left and so not be a good option for moderate republicans either. I wonder if ousting Johnson in favour of a unity candidate backed by some democrats could be an option? Or maybe there’s just too little trust to pull it off and high incentives for the dems to watch the republicans fail (not to mention trump patronage, cultural polarisation, etc).
Interesting article thanks! Why don’t moderate republicans threaten to remove him if he doesn’t propose Ukraine funding? There seems to be a similar issue here in the UK where the right of the Conservative Party exercise their veto power much more effectively than the centre; I’m keen to understand it. I feel like there must be more to it than relative levels of shamelessness/commitment to the party…