Pooka,

Also remember that in he past, the party in majority of power, worked with the minority party. After Obama's election, the dems showed no interest in anything other than imposing their will. It was said that elections have consequences, and the dems won, so they did it their way.
Don't get all mushy about how the big bad GOP thwarted the poor dems. They may have played around the edges, but Pelossi, and Reid and Obama did not want, did not need their help, and excluded the repubs from any meaningful discussions.

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