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To: RetiredNow who wrote (550322)	2/16/2010 1:46:55 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572619

I hear you, Ali. But should we continue to reward a political party that cannot get things done even with a super majority? Giving gridlock to the other guys accomplishes very little. We need to change procedural rules...majority should rule in most cases. I am very frustrated that my vote is not worth shit, thanks to senate maneuvering...on both sides by the way. Take what Landrieu and the Nelsons did on the health care vote for example. Those bastards should lose their jobs and their vote should not matter...but because of the GOP filibuster threat, their vote is pivotal, so they hold Reid and Obama hostage. Al

To: RetiredNow who wrote (550322)	2/16/2010 1:59:04 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572619

"I also believe in consequences for ineffectiveness in execution of legislative agendas." It really isn't that. I'm disappointed in the (D)'s performance too, but they truly are a "big tent" party. They have members who are as conservative as any moderate-to-conservative Republican, and won't support the president's agenda. They are hardly just a bunch of liberals. Contrast that with the (R)'s, who don't have even ONE member "liberal" enough to cross party lines and support the president's major legislative initiatives. They vote as a goose-stepping block. There used to be liberal (R)'s, but they've been driven to extinction. In a way, it's unfortunate the the (D)'s are as they are. If they'd voted as a block, we wouldn't have "liberated" Kuwait for the Emirs or had the Iraq invasion. The unfortunate result is, when an (R) is president, there are (D)'s that will cross and vote with him on whatever misguided crap they push, but the opposite is not the case.