Obama's America, getting better or worse? He promised change - now we are getting it.

[Mr Khan]

fastyxx said:

Kasz216 said:

I'd buy that arguement if it wasn't for the fact that Obama had 2 years of super majority, anything democrats agree on passes.

Aside from which, the behind the scenes talk suggests that it was actually the democrats unwilling to compromise on the deficit deal.

A.  It shouldn't take a super-majority to get things passed.  This has never consistently been the case until January 2009 and was not the intention of the Constitution.

The fairest thing would be to edit filibuster rules such that you actually have to fucking filibuster, and not just scuttle votes with the mere threat of it

Granted, i'd also force congress to be in session every day out of the year except major holidays with each congressman getting 2 weeks of vacation days. All of these "airplane commuters" have to relearn connection to one another rather than endless pandering to their bases