11-15-2016, 08:40 PM
(11-15-2016, 06:17 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: I don't think it's a bad thing, at all. If you can't get a few votes from the other side, then it's probably not good policy. These days I generally favor the Congress doing nothing over doing harm (and Boehner may not have been that far off when he talked about fixing bad laws before making new laws).
Otherwise, I do take issue with the leadership of the Democratic party going far left in the past 10 years or so. Aside from Trump (who's not really a Repub), and the hijacking of a vocal and influential Tea Party, that's not really the case with the Repubs (more a case with their voters). Paul Ryan, IMO, is still about as moderate and rational as anyone in Congress. Unfortunately, McConnell has become kind of Harry Reid lite because he has a bigger problem with the Tea Party and a slim majority than Paul Ryan does.
And I see the need for people like Warren and Pelosi and Cruz, despite how much I despise them. They are vital to moving the country forward responsibly. But it's a problem when their ideas and influence move from the periphery to the core.
Can't get votes from the other side when they sign Grover Norquist's tax pledges.
