Democrats are playing baseball.
Republicans are playing Calvinball.
Democrats don’t want to look like they are breaking norms or decorum so they try to be the adults in the room. This keeps them from going hard on Republicans or taking risks because they don’t want to look bad or get down and dirty. When Democrats screw up they take one for the team.
Republicans don’t give a fuck. They will do whatever they want, and double down if anybody calls them out. They never face consequences which only emboldens them further. There is no bottom of the barrel, and they will stop at nothing to ensure their power structure stays intact.
Democrats are never going to get ahead when all they are doing is playing defense against an opponent that’s not following the rules or even playing the same game. It’s long past time for Democrats in power to start getting creative, stop treating Republicans as friends and colleagues, and start going HAM to beat those fuckers at their own game.
