Heros (just for one day)

Heroes (just for one day)

Most should remember David Bowie's anthem. "We could be Heroes, just for one day." A hero in this context would be one who might find stability in the age of chaos. That will not be President Trump as he is the chief chaos agent himself. An alternative to perhaps inject some normalcy rests with the House of Representatives and its slim GOP hold. Tuesday they could pass a Budget and prevent a government shut down. 


Speaker Johnson has seemed confident in recent days that the Republican Conference could pass the Legislation and be in position to advance to the more critical piece of the tax reforms. As the tariff effect is becoming pronounced, and talk of contraction is no longer being dismissed, President Trump is calling the situation one of transition and Commerce Secretary Luttnick, is dismissing he idea altogether, it would fall to the House GOP to finally coalace and, in part, add some certainty that is so required at this time.


If there is no closure come Friday, of the Budget gets passed out of the House Tuesday and the government gets bank-rolled till September, for the first time in a while, despite the diminutive GOP Majority, Democrat participation might not be required. One of the criticisms of Speaker Johnson and why his Gaval has been in jeopardy at times. If the Conference presents a united front come Tuesday, and it is all Republicans and no Democrats, Republicans will be seen as the ones that kept the lights on.


The Democrat Party has this opportunity themselves, assuming that keeping Uncle Sam funded, some of their Members, could join Republicans and together fund the government. Is that not valuable ? Are Democrats so anti-Trump that they are content to continue off he cliff like a bunch of lemmings ? The "performance" the other night at Trump's address remains telling.


That being said, a central plank of Democrat strategy is being neutralized because of Republican unity encouraged by President Trump. Trump like the Budget Bill, all its 99 pages. If the Republican House passes the Budget, they could be Heroes. . .


If just for one day.

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