Reply #7: It wouldn't be, under normal, sane conditions

[Maven]

No one is going to stop moderates from voting with the Dems or contributing to the debate or cosponsoring bills. No one is going to stop the remaining cons from contributing to the debate. That's a given.

But yes, it is naive to think that partisanship will not be necessary at a certain point to be effective. We will be reversing a lot of what they've done over the last six years, and they're not going to go along with it with smiling faces, especially once they're being haled into subcommittees for investigations. They'll be just as vicious and deceitful as they ever were. Remember, the modern GOP is a party that operates in lockstep--they punish moderates within their own party for not toeing the line.

More importantly, we need to act as a driving force to prove to the country that we can lead and make good on our promises. We have a short time to do that before the next election.