Politics will stay a mess till the unlimited money goes away in politics, Citizen's United Supreme Court case.
Been what 15 years or more of such above. Thus the person with the most $$$ in the Primary wins. Thus the more corrupt to $$$ in politics wins.
This 'accelerates' over time to the worst of the worst and in the politics for 'themselves' and not actually to 'accomplish' anything of note are the ones
destined to win the Primary, in that the more they 'bow' to vested interests, the more likely this outcome and distills to the most self centered over time.
You can see this in play now. You have a shutdown which hurts your constituents. If you are the party in power IF you go against the Executive Branch
you lose your Primary...never to darken the door of your particular brand of Politics again (last three such house Republican speakers who tried to get
bills passed with a mix of both parties on such bills)
IF you follow the Executive and you are giving up Congressional Authority to do so you are golden.You only care about yourself and your re-election.
IF however you 'buck' the executive and 'lose' your primary, no
cushy Ambassadorship, or being a pundit on TV News afterwards. You are branded a tratior and all the $$ you need to get re-elected goes poof from
the vested elite...*see examples of moderates forced out of Congress*
If you "lose' to the Opposition however you are still 'golden' you fought the good fight and lost..but you were loyal to the whatever supposed cause (IMHO $$$)
Also as with most such things with power you can 'only' fall upwards on such you will be fine.
So the 'worst' thing for graft/power/self-interest is to 'lose' your Primary. Even if the USA
burns as a result. Parties no longer can threaten withholding $$$ to get people to vote in a certain way. As local politics with unlimited $$$ can be one
without local $$$.
I am discouraged on a way out of this cycle of $$$ in politics today and now to get out of such.
Note: There are a 'lot' of p/o'd moderate Republicans and fiscally conservative Republicans that WILL run in the Primaries of the party in 2026. No Democrat
will win in the South, but again, from the noise a lot of moderate republicans will challenge in the primary. So the catch is 1) will this work and maybe get
something done in Congress on bills as such? or 2) Will they be overwhelmed by the massive $$$ keeping incumbents in place and 'lose' the Primary....by 'vested'
interests in the status quo. I'm pretty Liberal, but I can say with certainty that IF moderate (sane) republicans don't get back into Congress the above will
continue to 'distill' worse and worse people winning primaries and maybe elections over and over again...and constituents concerns or the party in question will
have no sway in a congress running amuck like a herd of cats, responsible only to $$ they can make and power they can keep.
Sorry i don't have a lot of faith the current Supreme Court will change Citizen's United and Unlimited $$ directly to Politicians. It will likely get even more harsh
and gridlocked.
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