{"id":128294,"date":"2015-10-11T19:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T01:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/11\/the-reason-gop-house-leadership-is-in-turmoil-is-they-dont-have-carrots-or-sticks.html"},"modified":"2015-11-05T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T18:15:00","slug":"the-reason-gop-house-leadership-is-in-turmoil-is-they-dont-have-carrots-or-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/11\/the-reason-gop-house-leadership-is-in-turmoil-is-they-dont-have-carrots-or-sticks.html","title":{"rendered":"The reason GOP House leadership is in turmoil is they don't have carrots or sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article notes two factors that make it easier for House reps to thumb their noses at the House and party leadership:<\/p>\n

1. A suppression of the "earmark" — the pork barrel goodness that can be given as a reward or withheld as a punishment. With an official stance opposing earmarks, the House leadership can't whip its members into line with them.<\/p>\n

2. Campaign funding now focuses on personal campaigns, Super PACs, and private donors, not on party organization. So the party leadership has little control it can exert, either.<\/p>\n

In theory, this could mean greater independence and diversity for GOP representatives. In practice, with a limited number of folk giving very, very big dollars, it means they are beholden even more directly to their donation base, with nobody to rein them in.<\/p>\n

Also note that, while this is currently impacting the GOP, there's little to keep it from also affecting the Dems down the line.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that earmarks are good,<\/i> or that being under the thumb of the party is a positive<\/i> thing. The wild card here seems to be the unlimited cash flow that Citizens United<\/i> has unleashed, and how that impacts who manages to get into office and who's calling the tune.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe Real Reason for the GOP Chaos in the House<\/a><\/span>
\nFirst of all, let’s not shed any tears over the fall of Kevin McCarthy. Though the Republican majority leader is well-liked by his colleagues, he seems to have even less of a vision for where the GOP should go than the famously visionless John Boehner. If McCarthy has ever had…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This article notes two factors that make it easier for House reps to thumb their noses at the House and party leadership: 1. A suppression of the "earmark" — the pork barrel goodness that can be given as a reward or withheld as a punishment. 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