Why is anyone surprised?

It’s the smartest move in politics. Once people you can blame are in a place where they can be blamed you instantly change tactics. You start demanding things need to be done, after years of not doing them. You want to make sure that corruption stops, once it isn’t your people in a place to benefit from it. You want to make sure shady dealings stop, once your people aren’t in a place to do them. The money must be counted - now that the mess you’ve made of it can be blamed on the people doing the counting, and they aren’t your people.

It’s called reaching across the aisle with a noose.

It’s an old game and it almost always works. Wanna place bets this time? When the avalanche comes don’t be surprised by the falling shit. The best thing the Republicans ever did was get a Dem. majority in the mid-terms. Now they can off-load all the blame for the last six years right on the Dems: “They’re in charge and we have these problems!” and refuse to even consider the problems had to come from somewhere.

You think that won’t play into the elections in two years?

What are you? New?