House Republicans were shocked by some of the recent high-profile retirements announced by their colleagues, which have included powerful committee chairs and rising stars inside the GOP.
Not in the long run. In politics, battles, where you win some and lose some, take years. Wars take decades to generations. Can’t look at just one human lifetime and say “that’s just how things are” when “how things are” is always up to people, who are inevitably subject to change in both themselves and their environments.
No matter how much that basic principle may fundamentally bother conservatives.
Think about local or state elections. It pretty much is a one player game in many areas.
Not in the long run. In politics, battles, where you win some and lose some, take years. Wars take decades to generations. Can’t look at just one human lifetime and say “that’s just how things are” when “how things are” is always up to people, who are inevitably subject to change in both themselves and their environments.
No matter how much that basic principle may fundamentally bother conservatives.