When All They Understand Is Fear or Force

[warrior1]

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/14/when-all-they-understand-is-fear-or-force/#more-10317

It’s been a sad, sad spectacle to watch Republicans beating Democrats bloody in Congress - in both the House and the Senate, but most especially in the Senate. In the last two months Congressional approval numbers have dropped from from 48% amongst Democrats to 27% and almost no bills have been passed. The most significant bill to pass was the supplemental, which by itself caused a 10% drop in Democrats ratings in a single week - a huge down draft.

Democratic leaders continue to talk about how they want to govern, while Republicans continue to let nothing pass if they can avoid it. The continued talk of “making Congress work for Americans” is simply a pathetic wish for a world that no longer exists, a world in which both parties put aside partisan rancor for the best of the country; a world in which comity doesn’t mean “date rape”; a world in which Republicans are good faith actors.

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some ideas at the end of the article on how to handle this problem.

[VP505]

1. Good post,

check out the link FDL, its a good read, I could only hope some of our Dem leaders have a chance to see and digest some of the principals mentioned there.