So when Democrats win, Republicans refuse to cooperate, but when Republicans win, Democrats agree...

[AZ Progressive]

...to cooperate?

Anyone see the fucked upness about this?

Reference: Third Way and Obama's statements on the midterm elections.

[villager]

1. Been seeing it since the Reagan 80's

And let's be honest -- the Democratic Party hasn't been worth too much of a damn since then...

[AZ Progressive]

3. It was Richard Gephardt that worked with Reagan to cut taxes for the rich in the 80's.

The Tax Reform Act of 1986.

[villager]

4. Exactly. And like Democrats now, they insisted on no real repercussions for GOP crimes

...against the state.

[hifiguy]

11. Abso-effin-lutely.

And the rot continues.

[TerrapinFlyer]

2. I want to see the Minority DEMS stall EVERYTHING the Repugs bring up

And Obama needs to VETO EVERYTHING... not just a few things.. everything.

If they don't.. I will not be supporting the Democratic Party anymore.

[Doctor_J]

5. That's why our voters stay home

they get the same republican policies regardless of who wins.

[hifiguy]

12. That sentence summarizes about 50% of the problem.

Dark money and religidiocy/bigotry are the other 50%.

[unblock]

6. mrs. unblock drives when we're both in the car. not because she's a better driver,

but because i'm a better passenger. she likes to be in control, so when she's a passenger, it's an unpleasant experience for both of us. i'm perfectly fine letting someone else driver, so other than very long trips when we have to trade off, she does the driving.

republicans have tapped into this dynamic in spades. it's not that they're better at being in charge, it's just that they're absolutely horrendous when they're not. they make it an unpleasant experience for everyone, and voters give up and put them in charge.

not because republicans make a better majority party, but because they're a horrendous minority party.

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. The Democrats need to present progressive bills over and over again but.....

they won't do that.
What they will do is hope that the repugs screw up things a little bit and the Dems can get a little power back.....all without shaking up the system.

[Phlem]

8. The rub isn't it.

the 3rd way needs to disappear, permanently. It's a cancer on the Democratic party. Whomever created it new full well what they were doing.

[kentuck]

9. Why would it be different?

If Harry Reid asked for a 60-vote requirement, just like Mitch asked for, on every piece of Republican crap legislation.

[flying-skeleton]

10. Democrats have only themselves to blame

They are spinelessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss !!!

[Martin Eden]

13. After the disaster of GW Bush and the Democratic success of 2008 ...

... I thought (or at least hoped) the Republican Party would start moving towards moderation and sanity.

Instead, they moved farther to the right and doubled down on batguano crazy.

It seems to have worked out pretty well for them.
And the Democratic Party, if it "learns" anything from this will be that moving farther right wins elections.

[hifiguy]

14. As Jim Hightower memorably said

the only things in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.