You will note frank I did point out both parties were disfunctional. On Sep 11, 5:12 pm, frankg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VT, > > From my perspective both parties should be ashamed of their "our way > or the highway" approach to politics. > > I'd be interested in what issues you think the Democrats have shown > willingness to compromise but the Republicans have not. > > 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...- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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