Political rant.

[famousringo]

TheRealMafoo said:

famousringo said:
Ever heard of a filibuster?

There are lots of ways that a minority group can throw a wrench in the works for the majority, especially in the US legislature. Sometimes slowing things down to a crawl is just as good as a full power veto.

Ever hear of a super majority?

With 60, congress is filibuster proof.

Also, with that logic, everything accomplished over the time the Republicans ran things is equally Democrats fault, as they didn’t filibuster. Not sure I would spread the blame that way. Republicans are to blame for all the horrible things they did while the controlled Washington, and  Democrats are to blame for what’s going on in Washington today.

The Republicans blamed as much as they could on "partisan Democrats" in the past 8 years, I'm not sure why you'd expect the Democrats to behave any differently. I thought hypocritical complaints about partisan behavior while engaging in partisan behavior was a well-known characteristic of American politics.

If non-partisanship was as great as everybody says it is, there wouldn't be parties at all, would there?

Edit: I should add that you're right, the Democrats do share much of the blame for the past 8 years, though for somewhat different reasons. The Democrats were a spineless and pathetic opposition, largely content to murmur a quiet objection, then roll over and let the Republicans do whatever they want. Right now, the Republicans are as directionless as the Democrats were then, but at least they have a little backbone. They're at least capable of pointing out flaws in Democratic proposals, even if they're incapable of proposing alternatives or negotiating a compromise.