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Just before the inauguration, CNN asked Chuck Schumer about the prospects of the Dems working with Trump to find common ground.
Schumer's answer was, "The only way we're going to work with him is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues."
I think that pretty well sums up the definition of bipartisanship these days.

 

That's just bullshit. The Dems in Congress, at Obama's behest, went through months of jumping through hoops to get Republicans in the House and Senate on board. They refused. Snowe of Maine voted for the ACA in committee, then voted against it on the floor because of pressure from McConnell and her donors. Your comment is pretty close to Russian botdom. Completely uninformed as to something that didn't happen all that long ago.

 

Well, there's nothing wrong with that, or when Republicans do it, for that matter. Parties stand for things. Sometimes I feel sympathy for pols. If they compromise, they're spineless wimps. If they stand on principle, people wail about partisanship. If the voters want compromise, they should elect compromisers. The trend in the last three decades has been just the opposite. We must conclude the electorate wants the parties to fight, no matter what they tell pollsters.

 

Exactly. They're eager to beat their chests on background but unwilling to do anything.
They're embarrassed but afraid.

 

Five Reasons Why the Comey Affair Is Worse Than Watergate

Because of the current lineup of legislative and executive power, the leaders whose choices matter are all Republicans. I hope some of their choices, soon, allow them to be remembered as positively as are the GOP’s defenders of constitutional process from the Watergate days. But as of this moment, the challenge to the American system seems more extreme than in that era, and the protective resources weaker.

 

I'd say the electorate wants to fight, too.

Propose an abortion or gun-control "compromise" that YankeeFan, QYFW and Batman would be on board with. And the same challenge goes to those three.

What are you willing to bend on?

 

Why has no one leaked a single incriminating document? Maybe it's because the FBI counterespionage unit conducts its affairs with integrity and professionalism out of patriotism, unlike, say, the House Oversight Committee.

 

I'm guessing the leakers weren't privy to the collusion, aren't under investigation themselves, and thus don't have the goods per se. What they do have is a front row seat to the people who are under investigation and can report of the behavior they observe. Read: Priebus, Pence and the like, people on their staffs. Guys who came aboard the Trump train late

 

Funny thing is you, Heinz, and Excuse Maker think that's true.

 

Oddly enough, the one person who ran on a compromise platform was Donald Trump. He offered policies designed to appeal to white racism and race-based fear but also promised to maintain the social safety net of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. That he abandoned the latter promise almost instantly upon election is one reason he's in political trouble now.

 

Funny thing is, you're a moron. I was posting it in jest