Has there EVER been a situation where a party than controlled only 1/2 of Congress won EVERY issue?

[Faryn Balyncd]

[Dad Infinitum]

1. Scary

Sometimes it seems the GOP are more powerful now than when Bush was president.

[midnight]

2. Nope... But then we have never had so many controlled by ALEC....

http://alecexposed.org/wiki/Decoding_ALEC_PR

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Hmm yes... and no

it was this dysfunctional in the 1850s... and they sort off got got compromises right and left... the Great Compromise...

Yes it is eerie.

Suffice it to say that by 1859 it was this dysfunctional and paralyzed.

[aquart]

7. And by 1860 we were killing each other.

Oh, goody.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I know...

but there are people who really do not believe history does have cycles...

For a serious read on that... read Toynbe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee

For an americanized version of this... as hockey as it reads at times... The Fourth Turning

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=the+fourth+turning&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4431574381218537652&sa=X&ei=M_E0TpjeEurYiAK4rJSwCA&ved=0CEAQ8wIwAw

[mzmolly]

4. No. And this time is no exception.

eom

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. Both houses...

...so long as the filibuster is a live threat.

[sabrina 1]

10. Too bad only party uses the filibuster!

:eyes:

[progressoid]

11. We must keep our powder dry.

:sarcasm:

[Kablooie]

6. Damn they're good. It's a shame they are so bad.

[Speck Tater]

8. All it takes is a president who only knows how to roll over and play dead. nt