The House Republican caucus will be a cauldron of rage because the party, at its core, does not believe it should be forced to share power. jonathanchait writes
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Indeed, the division has barely any real ideological content at all. What Republicans are fighting over is whether to accept the limits of sharing power. This is why Democrats tend to splinter when they hold power but unify in opposition while the reverse holds true for Republicans. Democratic demands expand when the party holds full control of government and contract in opposition. Republican aspirations paradoxically become more grandiose during Democratic presidencies, which draw Republican minds deeper into the fever swamps of hysteria, making them more insistent on demands for maximal confrontation.
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