The 2020 Elections Have Made the Fringes Fringy Again – Noah Rothman, Commentary Magazine
If Joe Biden wins, Republicans will be relegated to the role they occupied in the final two years of the Obama presidency. The GOP will be able to block, obstruct, and frustrate, but it will not govern. It is unlikely that we will see much productivity under divided government, but that is not the same thing as dysfunctional government precisely the opposite, in fact. If we re entering into a period defined by equilibrium in which the federal government is all but paralyzed in the absence of some bipartisan consensus, that would at least be predictable. And predictability has been in short supply these last four years.
Much to the chagrin of the American system s would-be demolishers, no one assuming the reins of power in Washington seems to have much interest in blowing anything up. If that frustrates those for whom political instability is advantageous, the more the better. They deserve to be on the outside looking in for a while.