We have a Democratic President and Democratic Party leading both houses of Congress...

[MrScorpio]

So, if we have a successful passage of decent health care legislation... It's the Democrats who'd get the credit.

Now tell me, what's the incentive for the Republicans to make the Democrats look good?

I can't see any. I do see why they would try to be the obstructionists as much as they can.

That's why given their history since Barack Obama took office, I pretty much think that the GOP love of "bi-partisanship" is nothing but utter BULLSHIT.

Too bad that the GOP has to play all these games with the lives and livelihoods of so many people are at stake.

[lonestarnot]

1. Yes and too bad dems are letting them get away with it.

[MrScorpio]

2. Which is really a shame

On another subject, what the hell did I say to earn an unrec?

Jeez

[LaydeeBug]

4. or are the Dems letting the lobbyists get away with it?

It's probably both.

[seeinfweggos]

5. your picking on the wrong party, it isn't radical chic to attack repubs - just dems nt

[Political Heretic]

11. Knowing Republicans suck is old news. Discovering that most of your own party sucks too...

...well, that's a bit more newsworthy.

[seeinfweggos]

12. maybe its you and not the party that sucks, anything's possible nt

[Political Heretic]

16. Well I haven't been prioritizing the whims of wall street ahead of the needs of working families

...but I'm sure I suck in other ways.

[Turbineguy]

3. But then you have Faux

cranking out that the overwhelming majority of Americans want to go bankrupt, suffer and die young.

[Clear Blue Sky]

6. Squandered opportunity

We have the WH and Congress, and until recently a fillibuster proof majority in Congress. We should have been able to pass anything we wanted to. Shame is that this once in a lifetime opportunity was squandered. Leadership?

[lonestarnot]

7. Compromised our underpants.

[cornermouse]

8. Obama is the one who keeps calling for bipartisanship, not the repubs.

Bipartisanship is Obama's gig, not theirs.

[zbdent]

9. Don't worry ... Dems get voted out of office in November ...

and the Republicans can polish their turd up along with the "liberal media" so that they can sit there and take credit for any recovery ... while pointing at the Dems for any ill which might occur ...

just like in the late 90s, when the Repugs were scrambling to take credit for the result of what not a single Republican voted FOR ...

[Political Heretic]

10. Repubs job: actively drive the system toward plutonomy. Dems job:

create the illusion of an alternative to perpetuate the myth that we live in a "Democracy" - making sure they do nothing to truly upset the structural status quo until the public gets tired enough of them to re-elect Republicans for the next phrase of plutonomy development.

Once upon a time, that would have sounded absurd.

After what we've been witnessing......hmm....

It's time for us to take a risk and purge the Democratic party of corporate lackeys and rebuild. Yes, we'd be temporarily weak and that would mean some dark days. But its the only way I can see to have any chance of turning this country around in the long run.

[indy legend]

13. I think you are right P.H.

and while it might weaken us for a time to purge our party now could be the perfect time because on the right the tea baggers are trying to do the same and purge their side so the right is also deeply divided. We could actually get rid of some blue dogs and give a real shot at a progressive in their place because the right is as equally divided as we are if not more.

[Individualist]

14. ...and DLC in control of both.

[yurbud]

15. the GOP isn't playing the game, the Dems are propping their rotting corpse up to have an excuse

to sell out: the GOP made me do it.