Reply #22: That is the meaning of polls that say Americans are tired of gridlock. [View All]

[No Elephants]

Of nothing getting done in Washington. Etc. Americans may not put the word "partisanship" together with "nothing getting done," but that is a nice word for why nothing gets done.

Republicans, on the other hand, love it when nothing gets done. Well, nothing but tax cuts and corporate welfare and unchecked military spending. (You can tell that by watching where they applauded and did not applaud during their highly partisan reactions to the SOTU.) That's why Republicans just love thwarting attempts by Democrats to be bipartisan.