It was disfunctional in the 90's... You just want to see Congressional disfunctionality in term of partisan attack ads...
On Sep 11, 1:19 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congress is disfunctional because of the obstructionist > Republican Senators of which McCain is now one of them. > > Republicans refuse to compromise, EVEN when it is the will > of the people. > > On Sep 11, 12:56 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To Obama it means changing the occupant in the WH while retaining the > > disfunctional Congress -- regardless of who leads it Democrat or > > Republican... Note the Democrats control Congressional agenda making > > and therefore ARE ONE OF THE PARTIES IN POWER... > > > To McCain it means changing the dyfunctionality of the relationship > > between the WH and Congress... > > > We have had 14 years of slim Congressional margins, the last time we > > had a decade or more of slim Congressional margins was from 1942 to > > 1958... LBJ and Dirkson learned how to make Congress functional in a > > bi-partisan fashion... The result of the historic CR legislation of > > 1964... Today, neither party has Congressional leaders who know how > > to work across the isle... > > > The era since 1994 has been one of strong-arm one Party rule built on > > slender majorities... This reminds one of the Congressional > > stalemates from 1875 to 1896... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
