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Originally Posted by kane
This may end up being one of those 'time will tell' type situations. The Republicans became the party of "No" and it worked for them. Now the Democrats are saying they will be doing the same. The Democrats tend to be a little more spineless than the Republicans so we will have to wait and see how far they go. If they do play the part of obstructionist then we will see if it works for them and they start regaining power. In all honesty, I think it working for them and them being able to block anything Trump wants to do would be the worst thing that could happen because all it will do is teach that the party that is not in power need only play the obstructionist role and they will be rewarded come election time. It will start us down a road that will be hard to turn away from.
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Don't forget that this was the issue during mid-term elections. People's trust in Congress was at an all time low. Peoples trust in anyone in Washington to get anything done at all was at an all time low.
I don't think more of the same will be a winning formula for anyone. This is what peple were voting against and why this guy is now President. He's not in any way representative of "more of the same". Hillary to voters was.
Typically, with legislation, people would put forth their own version of legislation and sell it better than the other, forcing the other to the table. I would guess we'd be back to that as thats really whats going to sell to the public. I can't see Democrats blocking anything as a means to accomplish something meaningful that will be important to voters.