Reply #87: We weren't the ones who started this. Newt's evil little ass...

[originalpckelly]

has single-handedly done serious damage to American politics.

We have been living in a tyrannical nation, a tyranny of the "majority".

During the '90s we still had the Presidency, and poor Bill had to deal with them. When we "lost" in 2000, that for a short while eliminated any control we had over our political destiny. Until the Senate went to the Democrats when Jim Jeffords switched to independent and started caucusing with the Senate Democrats.

In 2003 after our "loss" of the Senate in the 2002 elections, members of our party basically lost any power we had at the national level, because the Republicans were willing to break the rules and refuse to compromise or respect the rights of those in the minority party.

This has worsened the condition of the nation. Not many people are really to compromise on our side.

The goal ought to be to get them to compromise once again. There may not be any way to do that without an amendment to the constitution, to give the minority power a little more real power in Congress.