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richardhutnik on 03 August 2011
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Viper1 said:
richardhutnik said:
Viper1 said:
I don't disagree it's a large spike in Filibustering, but you mentioned that 2009 had more than all of the 50's and 60's combined. But so did every year of the the 2000's. Also notice that big spike still had Bush in office. So it's not an anti-Obama thing as you suggested.

It is a sign of increased state of partisanship going on.

Sure, but as you can see, it's been a growing trend regardless of who is in the white house or the majority in congress.

Besides, compromise on some issues makes things much worse and kills the idea of voting on principle.  I'd actually rather see more people in government stick to their guns (the words hat got them elected to begin with) than vote with the flow.

However, if there is nothing that is considered off-limits and agreed to as needed, where will a nation stand?  There is a problem when everything, even the most tiny of things, is seen as a matter of principle... and this tiny thing has two or more camps that won't budge.  Problem now is that there is increasingly less concensus for anything.  What will happen is, when a crisis is seen, you will get more "Super Congress" actions being proposed and a leaning on a strong man to make tough decisions.  Like, push a constitutional amendment through to required balanced budgets, because individuals in congress can't do this on their own.  Take so much off the table, that you can't agree to anything.  And in all this, there isn't a way to provide outs for your political opponents to compromise.  You want them defeated, so that they are out of power, so you strongarm them into getting what you want, and cause their base to be so disillusioned with them that they lose their ability to vote.  And then, when you are in power, you continue a witch hunt to eliminate every single bit of anyone remotely a political opponent, and find even the most obscure of enemies to name.

As it is now, there isn't even a single break from politicking at all.  Everyone is so partisan, to the extent that, after the Arizona shooting happened, it ended up being, "Oh the Tea Party was behind it!" to "They are persecuting us!".  Thrown in the recent criminal in Norway, and that then becomes another political football to be kicked... need to rush to define the issue, and obviously he is a Christian, or at that it is more proof that the media is out to get Christians.  And the beat goes on.