http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm Sun, 20 May 2012 17:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2921 Guerilla Liberal fighter Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm#comment-2921 Some did in the past; but they have lost that ability Some did in the past; but they have lost that ability

]]> http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2922 dinodino Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm#comment-2922 With the Presidential veto and lack of 60 votes in the senate, republicans can block anything the dems do they don't like, when something like the tax rebates comes up they all get behind it as it spells votes for everyone. With the Presidential veto and lack of 60 votes in the senate, republicans can block anything the dems do they don’t like, when something like the tax rebates comes up they all get behind it as it spells votes for everyone.

]]> http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2923 Dark S Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm#comment-2923 dems have no idea what is going on. i'm not sure they are from this planet. dems have no idea what is going on. i’m not sure they are from this planet.

]]> http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2924 MrNiceGuy Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm#comment-2924 Right now, our government is so evenly divided it really cannot make signifigant change without upsetting the other party. Hence, nothing gets done, nothing changes. That's the way big business likes it. Right now, our government is so evenly divided it really cannot make signifigant change without upsetting the other party. Hence, nothing gets done, nothing changes.
That’s the way big business likes it.

]]> http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2925 2008 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://hurricanequestions.com/can-democrats-govern.htm#comment-2925 That's usually how it works, the opposition party gets in because the party in power is perceived to be doing a poor job. It is much rarer that a nationwide ideological swing happens, the last time you could argue that it really happened was conservative Reagan in the 1980s, and before that liberal Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. And these ideological shifts were triggered by incompetence of the party in power, the failure of Hoover allowed Roosevelt and his liberal New Deal ideas to gain popularity, and the failure of Carter allowed Reagan's conservative ideas to become popular. That’s usually how it works, the opposition party gets in because the party in power is perceived to be doing a poor job. It is much rarer that a nationwide ideological swing happens, the last time you could argue that it really happened was conservative Reagan in the 1980s, and before that liberal Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. And these ideological shifts were triggered by incompetence of the party in power, the failure of Hoover allowed Roosevelt and his liberal New Deal ideas to gain popularity, and the failure of Carter allowed Reagan’s conservative ideas to become popular.

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