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In reply to the discussion: Is it time for Reid to step down? [View all]avebury
(10,941 posts)that Democrats are their own worst enemies. Did we really think that President Obama would get a clean shot at meeting his second term goals? It is not Reid's job to make the President's job easier. The only way that the Republicans can get ahead is to lie, cheat, obfuscate, and steal. If the filibuster blows up in Reid's face, he is not the only one who will pay for that mistake, we will all pay for it.
I am trying my best to tune it all out. I watch a minimal amount of news shows. I give Washington DC just 4 years. If the Democrats in Congress cannot get their act together and slap the Republicans down I will stay home in 2016. I have been thinking for a long time about retiring overseas (mostly to find someplace with a better climate and less expensive cost of living) so I have no problem with focusing on my own long term game plan. I cannot change what is taking place here, I can only change how I react to it and to make my own plans.