What kind of party gets nothing done in the past two years, thwarts very popular key bills on the president's agenda, loses seven Senate seats at midterms, and then re-elects the same old leaders responsible for all the failure?
That's right, the stupid party, known as the Republicans, such as they are found in the Senate.
Or more specifically. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who somehow 'won' reelection as Minority Leader in a hastily assembled closed door session, ignoring important GOP Senate rules, and taking victory 'by acclamation' so no one need be held accountable.
According to the Associated Press:
Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their leader Tuesday after a tense day of private discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority.
Thune was always expected to prevail, as he is popular with his GOP colleagues and was running unopposed in the secret-ballot election. But Senate Republicans vented their frustrations in three separate meetings Tuesday after an election wipeout that cost them at least seven Senate seats.
Some Republicans had tried to delay the leadership decision, but the conference voted 31-15 to proceed with a vote after Thune made his case to his colleagues, laying out his vision for the minority and also promising that they will try and do as much as they can in their final two months in the majority.
Which was pretty problematic, considering the rules:
Senate GOP Conference Rule 1 says elections are to take place "at the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter." Thune should announce they'll rehold elections in compliance with the rules this time (and announce honorably, like Johnson, he's not running).
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