Yup
When there are teeth to those threats, and wimpy democrats don't do scortched earth politics, they have to actually compromise.
In order to get ANYTHING passed, yah know? No, you don't. You'd rather throw rocks.
Actually, you'd have preferred the last 2 years was a bunch of government stoppages. Then you could point to the evil democrats.
One of the differences in the style between Ds vs Rs is obvious. Rs are true believers, and don't let facts get in their way. Ds tend to overanalyze, and get bogged down in debate. Rs call Ds flip-floppers when new facts show up and show they were wrong in a particular opinion, and they change their mind. You guys have actually made a sin out of rational thought. So what we needs are a couple of Ds to corral the rest, and push hard, ignoring the bad press they might get in the process.
Doesn't matter. They tried to play nice. I hope they learned their lesson, and if you play nice with republicans you get screwed. So the only option is to wait it out, until the next election cycle, and get the numbers up so they can stop playing the republican game. I'd be quite happy if the incipient redistricting game solidified the dem position, just like the repubs did.
So you can get back to me in 8 years to comment on how it all works out.
