It’s hard to be upbeat when Dems were leveraging the single piece of power left to them, saw fantastic special election results I would bet in part to that, and then flush it down the toilet for nothing.

I’m not sure I understand, isn’t this saying money was exactly the problem because outside support was blocked so they all were paying out of their personal pockets?

They’re part time legislatures with regular jobs, and being fined $500 a day that they don’t attend session. How long would you be able to hold out in that situation?