Originally Posted by ragman
Originally Posted by Marty
pretty hard to control three branches when one side is refusing to allow debates on anything. what was it, 150, 250 filibusters? old record was like ten?

takes two to tango. if one side sits out there is no dance. Obamacare is about ten percent of what we need to fix the health situation, its all he could get with a bunch of neanderthals clogging up the aisles screaming NYET! NYET! NYET!


Bullsh-t It was only a few months ago, since the election of Scott Brown that Repub. had enough of votes to sustain a filibuster. Therefore when there where filibusters there where Dems participating in the filibuster until Scot Brown. If nothing got done it was a bi-partisan filibuster that caused it. The dems controlled the 3 branches for most of the last 2 years and could have passed anything they wanted. Please don't try to rewrite history.

In addition it might have helped if Obama worked with Repubs instead of telling them the way it was going to be and locking them out of certain meetings. His heavy handedness caused a lot of his problems.


Actually, if you'll check your history, the Democrats only held a filibuster proof majority for 4 months. Don't forget, the republicants stalled seating Franken for months by appealing the recount all the way through the court system.