03-08-2017, 02:08 PM
(03-08-2017, 01:51 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Yeah, and maybe if he didn't wait 5 years to do so, he might have been even more effective at it.
Four years. And not to endorse the behavior, but he didn't need to the first two. Much like the situation now, he had majorities in both chambers and the minority was being petulant. He could ram legislation down their throat and there wasn't much that could be done to stop it. That's the name of the game right now with one difference: Trump isn't a conservative, or even a real Republican, and so to get his side on board takes a bit more work.
No one cares about the minority party when they have a unified government. Is that right? Should that be the way it is? No, definitely not. But as the polarization of our federal government continues we will continue to see it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
