It’s funny. The House Republicans voted almost unanimously to put the anvil of Paul Ryan’s budget around their necks. So, why would the Senate Republicans worry about Harry Reid making them vote for the same bill? Yet, it’s true, the Senate Republicans probably don’t want to vote on (for or against) Ryan’s plan. What’s strange is trying to figure out when the Republicans will act with some sense of self-preservation. They usually do not. It’s like they don’t worry about losing, until they do. Only a moron would vote for Ryan’s plan if they were at all vulnerable to electoral defeat. Yet, that didn’t stop the House Republicans from lining up as a bloc to vote for the plan.
Democrats’ actions are much easier to predict. They get scared and cave. I just wish I knew how much of this difference between the parties is tied to money and how much of it is just built into their characters?
