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The Josh Marshall Podcast

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The Problem With the Republican Party

The political system gets clogged when people don't understand the mechanics of why things happen, he says. And it will only change if Democrats have substantial majorities and Republicans start changing their views or electing people who don't have that,. Right? Yeah, I see where the where the problem is. But you know, Democrats take back the house. Democrats get a two or three seat majority in the Senate. As we talked about last year with abortion policy, it's 60 votes until it isn't. So it's really 50. You need 50 people who are willing to vote on a majority basis for any of these things. It's actually not Herculean, right?

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