One of the more surprising problems with the Republican Party is that they behave like a union. They promote according to seniority – not merit. They can’t get rid of the bad ones, they’ve got no incentive to work hard, and they’re able to get themselves really nice benefits. When the Republicans won back the Senate in 2014, I thought for sure that they’d challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate Majority Leader. To my knowledge, the idea never even came up. It was just assumed that McConnell would be it. This was just yet another example of the Republicans promoting…

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