Republicans don’t want to govern because they can’t agree on policy directions
Greg Sargent observes that while Republicans can agree on winning, they can’t agree among themselves on policy directions, like immigration. (And even if they could, their policy prescriptions would be unpopular). The solution? Republicans will stop manufacturing fiscal crises while not bothering to address any of the United States’ problems with serious legislation. In other words, they don’t want to govern, but they want to be responsible for governing.