And they will use that power to cut taxes for wealthy people, strip health care from poor people and turn climate policy over to the fossil fuel industry until someone else checks
that power by getting a majority in the House or the Senate.
Director James Comey, one question has been repeated over
and over: With Democrats lacking any real governing power, are there a few good elected men or women in the Republican Party who will stand up to the president’s abuse of power as their predecessors did during Watergate?
are getting their way not because they have better arguments — polls show majorities disagreeing with them on Comey and climate —
but because they have power and are not afraid to use it, no matter what the polls say.
I think the country would benefit from having a smart conservative party offering market
and merit-based solutions for our biggest challenges — from climate to energy to education to taxes to infrastructure — that was also ready to meet Democrats halfway.
That’s why there are just two choices now: chicken or fish — a Democratic-controlled House or Senate
that can at least deter Trump for his last two years, or four years of an out-of-control president.
That’s why the only relevant question is this: Are there tens of millions of good men
and women in America ready to run and vote as Democrats or independents in the 2018 congressional elections and replace the current G. O.P.
And Trump had the power to fire Comey, even though it meant firing the man investigating
him for possible collusion with Russia, and Trump did just that — appearances be damned.