The solution??? Moderates of both parties reject their extremeists... Including Reid and Pelosi...
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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
