Boots
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
President Trump is threatening to send 10,000 troops to Iran, boots on the ground, which moderate Republicans fear would be crossing a “red line” and would cost Republicans the midterm elections.
The fear is that if we lose seats in the midterm elections, then we won’t have power so we won’t be able to get Presidential appointments confirmed or judges confirmed or the Save Act passed or DHS funded.
Which would be different from now, how, exactly?
Maybe the problem is not lack of Congressional power but lack of willingness to use what power we have. That problem won’t get solved by backing down from Iran.
Joe Doakes
Yep. I think we’re past the point where timidity is the prescription for the midterms.
