Reply #41: Some states refuse to elect any Dem other than a Purple Snake. Or, so they say.

[No Elephants]

As far as the Senate rules, no Democrat complained about the 60 vote rule on some votes from 2000 to 2006. And they won't complain about it the next time Democrats are in the minority.


And therein lies the problem. Neither Party wants to give up its power to obstruct whichever Party happens to be in the majority in the Senate at a given time. This works better for Republicans than for Democrats, though, because the Republican base supposedly believes that the less government is able to do the better.

In fact, when you look at them, most things work better for Republicans than for Democrats. Which would seem to say that either Democratic politicians are much dumber than Republican politicians, or that there is not much difference between the real goals of Democratic politicians and the real goals of Republican politicians. However, the Democratic politicians do need to fook their base more than do Republican politicians.