I can’t help but laugh when I hear U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer referred to as a negotiator.
The actions he has taken clearly shows that he’s far from it and has effectively backed himself and his party into a corner from which he won’t be able to easily extricate the Democrats.
Historically, he’s tried to bully the Republicans. Bullying is not negotiating.
On one of my bookshelves there are number of volumes I’ve read more than once, and that includes a few on negotiating. The books there are from the likes of Roger Dawson, Dr. Chester Karrass and “Getting to Yes” by Fisher and Ury. All of them contributed to this article, and my thoughts on negotiation, and this paragraph, represents attribution.
Included on this shelf is a book by our President. I’m not going to reference his work in this commentary, because if Schumer had any sense, he would have read that book and realized that he’s being played. He’d also know how not have put the Democrats in the pitiful position he backed them into.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is doing a fine job of staying consistent with the Republican position. He realizes that negotiation is not about defeating your opponent but instead about finding a win-win solution. He also has a higher authority to defer to, and that’s President Donald J. Trump.
While Schumer and Jeffries flail around spewing hate and anger, they continue to dig themselves a deeper ditch, one that will be nearly impossible for them to emerge from with anything that is even close to a win. Meanwhile, the Republican team is living by this quote from Roger Dawson: “The person who gets the best deal is the one who is willing to walk away”.
The Republican’s are holding the line on runaway government spending. The Democrats are still trying to fund their favorite pork projects with nearly 1.5 trillion dollars of our money. One side has all the winning cards. The other has none.
The Republican commitment is limited government. The Democratic commitment is more free stuff. The Democrats lost the election just about a year ago in rather spectacular fashion, and Republicans control the House, Senate and the presidency.
What Republicans don’t have is the super majority required in the Senate. A simple majority won’t get spending bills like the “Continuing Resolution” approved. For those who are numerically challenged, Republicans have 53 votes in the Senate. As of this writing, another couple of come along, making the total 55 for the resolution. It takes five more to get to the requisite 60 to pass the bill.
The Democrats are playing “chicken” while driving a clown car, and the Republicans are in a locomotive. The point of impact will be spectacular. This won’t end well for them.
The Republicans have all the power on this, and the people know this to be so. Chuckie and Hakeem have backed themselves into a corner from which escape will be painful. It is of their own doing. They should really learn to negotiate, as their feeble attempt at bullying can’t work when the other side is being run by a master negotiator.
What’s going to happen is a forgone conclusion. The question is how many Americans will the Democrats hurt before the charade is over?
