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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
The Dems invented filibustering/obstruction under W.
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This is a ridiculous assertion. What W initiative had majority support but didn't get a vote? Specifically re judicial nominees, see
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Do you think the Senate will go back to it's proper functioning if the Dems lose control?
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The Democrats actually control ("control") the Senate right now, so the way you've phrased this is funny and telling.
I think what you see happening in the Senate is largely a function of what is happening with the political parties. Moderate Republicans are a disappearing species. People like Orrin Hatch can't work across the aisle like they once did not because of anything the Democrats have done, but because they fear a primary opponent.
Which gets at the point that this is not about a few Republicans or Democrats acting "bad," as you say. This is about a fundamental change in the GOP. Until sufficient voters reject what the GOP has become, we are stuck with them.
