US politics can be confusing to those of us across The Pond in the UK, but I think one thing I've started to figure out is that Republicans strongly believe that the federal government should be all powerful, while Democrats believe that individual states should have considerable autonomy.
Have I got that right?
@statsguy No, it's pretty much the opposite.
Democrats are complaining that Republicans aren't imposing on states. Often enough they even accuse Republicans of taking too much power because the power they are referring to is the prosecutorial discretion NOT to impose on states.
Democrats complain that Republicans seek the power not to impose power on the states.
I know that gets into confusing double negatives, but it is what it is.
It's also, of course, not 100% coherent. A lot of these politicians go back and forth and are hypocritical, but this is the general rule.
