Or maybe it's from someone who actually has paid attention to what is happening in Congress. I've read several blogs from political scientists (Jonathan Bernste

Or maybe it's from someone who actually has paid attention to what is happening in Congress. I've read several blogs from political scientists (Jonathan Bernstein, for example) who have pointed out exactly how obstructionist the GOP controlled Congress was compared to other situations with split government. Just hitting the highlights: the Senate for 6 out of 8 years has routinely refused to confirm justices, including at the SC level, and refused to confirm administration officials both via filibuster threats from the GOP. Through the House, they've actually shut down the government multiple times (Newt only tried this once, and it backfired badly) and they've threatened to default on all government debt, which is completely unprecedented. And all of this was driven by the GOP. That you can even compare this to 2 years of partial obstruction under Clinton shows how little attention you actually have paid to this. [Edit] Here's an example article that describes the situation just three years ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/13/you-want-a-scandal-heres-a-scandal/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/13...