GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT... 2001 to 2002 when Jeffords jumped control of the Senate was Democratic... Second, both parties has used the filibuster to stall and stop legislation and judges...
You miss the point that neither party developed the leadership to reach across the aisle as LBJ and Dirkson did... The civil rights laws would not have passed without that bi-partisanship... On Sep 11, 5:17 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jgg, > > Wow, Democrats ARE ONE OF THE PARTIES IN POWER? Excuse me, but > wouldn't that make REPUBLICANS THE OTHER PARTY IN POWER? > > "the era since 1994 has been one of strong-arm one party rule built on > slender majorities..." True enough, and from 1994 untill Jan. 2007 > that party was the Republican party. > > Be that as it may, what solution do you have? Give ONE party a > massive, unassailable majority? > > On Sep 11, 11:56 am, 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
