James Carville just said the quiet part out loud, and it should jolt every Republican in Washington awake to realize what’s at stake.
And what’s at stake is our country.
Carville isn’t promising ordinary politics. He’s promising that when Democrats return to power, they will use that power to reshape the courts and lock in an advantage that will be nearly impossible for Republicans to ever overcome. So why should Republicans keep playing nice and pretend that Democrats will reciprocate?
Seriously, these plans read like a manual for establishing permanent rule. Pack the Supreme Court. Add blue states. Open the border. Amnesty for millions. Once you see the game they are playing, the real question is why Republicans still plan to bring a paper shield to a knife fight.
Carville, speaking on Politicon’s "Politics War Room," openly described what Democrats will do when they get back in power. He said Democrats should make Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states, giving them four Democrat Senate seats and expand the Supreme Court to 13 justices.
“Don’t run on it. Don’t talk about it. Just do it,” he said.
That is not the language of a party looking for dialogue or “democracy.” It is the language of a movement that feels entitled to the power that voters won’t give them legitimately. Carville’s plan is the clearest reminder that Democrats do not believe in a level playing field when they think they can tilt it their way. They want structural changes that make their power impossible to dislodge, and they are saying so out loud.
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Republicans should not need much more evidence than this. The filibuster currently forces most Senate legislation to clear 60 votes, which means a minority can obstruct major bills even when the public wants action. That rule is frustrating because when Republicans want to pass priorities like the SAVE America Act, which most Americans want, they can’t.
The time to do this is now. Democrats see their power slipping away, but under the right circumstances, it could come roaring back with a vengeance.
Census-driven reapportionment is already expected to shift power away from blue states and toward red states, which helps explain why Democrats are considering permanent “fixes” rather than temporary persuasion. If they lose ground naturally, they will try to compensate with structural changes that keep them in power. That is exactly why Republicans need to act while they still control the chamber and while John Thune still has the chance to lead.
Nobody should be fooled into thinking bipartisan restraint will save the day. Democrats have spent years proving they will use every lever available when they think they can get away with it. They will investigate, impeach, relitigate, and restructure until they lock in the result they want.
Yes, there’s always a risk with eliminating the filibuster, but when we know Democrats will do it anyway (they tried under Biden), beating them to the punch could be the difference between having a country and not.
This is not about procedural niceties anymore. It is about whether Republicans are serious enough to secure elections, protect the Constitution, and stop a hostile party from rigging the system in broad daylight.
The choice is simple. Use the power they have now, or watch Democrats use that power later. If they opt for the latter, we lose our country.
