Reply #45: LOL. The Republicans had the votes. The only way to change that FACT is to get Republicans to vote [View All]

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with the Democrats. The current polarized environment toward the President, where Republicans can't even acknowledge his legitimacy as President without being worried about their crazy base holding it against them, does not make it more likely that he could convince Republicans to vote with the Dems.

The pressure from their neighbors, friends, and local constituents would be more likely to be effective.

I love how you must throw in a little nasty-gram toward the President in every comment. As if that will in ANY way make it more likely that Democrats/Labor/Progressives/etc. will be able to win these battles in the future. If anything, I think it weakens us - but, hey, by all means, just keep doing it. It provides a nice assist to the Republicans by dividing Democrats instead of maintaining our focus on Republicans as the actual problem.