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In reply to the discussion: The Stolen Supreme Court Seat [View all]Igel
(35,300 posts)They threaten the nuclear option.
They attach poison-pill amendments.
The use reconciliation to get controversial bills through Congress by a bare margin of 51-49.
They take advantage of absences when some bill opponents aren't there to have a vote.
They use pro forma sessions to keep interim appointments from being made.
They have huge omnibus bills that do everything from name a park after some public icon to fund projects to enact policy-related legislation. And if you object to the bill because you don't like X in it, they tell the public that you're really opposing Y (which just happens to be something that the public wants done).
Uh ... I've lost the question. Am I saying how Democrats should continue to fight or how Republicans have fought. So hard to tell the difference just by looking at tactics. What's different is the bickering, the rhetoric, the frequency of use, and how nit-picking the application of use is. It's a truism at this point that the worst offender is the most recent offender, and that tactics one side hates when first suggested by their opponents in power become praise-worthy tactics when their opponents lose power.