The Republican Party has not just won the political fights (so far), but they are winning the culture, too.

No longer do they have to worry about the lamestream, liberal media defaming them. They have social media on their side, with Elon Musk running the X (Formerly Twitter) ship of state. Big Media has little power now, and President Trump has forced Republicans to enjoy living in the limelight for once.

Why was the 1995-1996 shut down a PR failure of sorts for the Republicans? It’s not fair to blame Newt Gingrich too much. After all, Republicans had not held the Congressional House majority since 1952.

They needed to get used to holding the reins of government, and for the first time in fifty years, politicians were taking real steps to cut the spending and restore faith in the federal government’s ability to govern. It was not the easiest fight, and Newt Gingrich ended up resigning after Republicans failed to capture a stronger majority post-election 1998. The House did impeach Bill Clinton, good for them, but they were always going to face a brick wall with the US Senate, where 67 votes were needed to fire Bubba, and a handful of Republicans crossed over or voted “not proven” to give themselves a break.

By the way, Election 1996 went well for Clinton, but Republicans also performed very well, capturing three additional US Senate seats!

Subsequent shut downs have not hurt Republicans, either, in part because........

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