These were, without any doubt, a collection of some of the dumbest people this country has to offer.

The Dems have the numbers, but not the votes, because they don’t want to do the things they say they do.

Obstruction is a significant part of any agenda. If you’re not doing it, you’re artificially limiting yourself for no good goddamn reason other than some sort of bizarre morality.

Stopping things you don’t want to happen from happening doesn’t require a bill to pass and can be a significant part of your agenda.

They seek compromise, because they aren’t progressive.

Just look at every speech ever given about bipartisanship and its importance to good governance. You should see what I mean.

I’m talking about rhetoric. Optics. Presentation.

It seems like this moron actually believes there is proof to be found within Dominion somewhere and that by being sued, he will now have access to it through the discovery process.

It’s often treated as a sacrosanct aspect of governance, worth something in and of itself. I suspect you’ll say I’m making that up, but well, it’s true.

Plenty of times Democrats have held the a solid majority, as in the House now, and have ‘reached out across in the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship’. Etiquette. Decency. And other such flowery concepts

Filibusters don’t PASS legislation. They obstruct it. Remind me again which party needs to pass legislation in order to enact new progressive policy?

Bullshit. Republicans don’t control jack in the minority. They obstruct. This is what you’re seeing.

Personally I do not believe compromise has any value in and of itself. It’s meaningful in terms of what it can achieve and how.

It is a popular myth around here that Democrats get owned by Republicans more often than the reverse because Democrats are seeking compromise out of mere principle. Like it’s etiquette or something.

Oh please. Manchin is looking out for Manchin. He is doing what he is doing because it’s what gets him re-elected, not because he secretly is trying to help Republicans win.

Figuring out how to get past this can only be done if we first acknowledge that it’s an issue.

individualistic, lower-tax crowd is more expansive than you might think

Compared to the Left, I don’t think they have anything like the distance between, say, Democratic Socialists and moderate centrist Democrats in their party. I think they all fundamentally agree on the program of regressing America to the good old days of unquestioned white supremacy, fucking the poor, and disadvantagin…

Not my invention either but I am definitely using GQP, yeah.

Well, I’d say then this aspect of the feature us something undesirable that should be fixed.