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There are a number of disturbing aspects of this news, but I find the new "no discussion, no consideration, no compromise" attitude of the Republican party to b

• maxxxxx 16y ago
  It works pretty well though. Every issue is framed as a decision whether the country as we know it will be destroyed. Seems a lot of voters like this style.
  • gnosis 16y ago
    Just a few years ago all the news was about how the American public was sick of this sort of "polarizing" style of politics, and wanted a kinder, gentler style epitomized by "compromise". Of course, that was when the Democrats were coming in to power. Now that the Republicans seem to be coming back in to power, it seems that "compromise" is off the table. Not that it ever was on the table for Republicans.
• ars 16y ago
  Until the mid term elections that's exactly what President Obama did. (He would claim he wants ideas from Republicans, but mention a few things that were no compromise, and it was exactly those things that the Republicans actually wanted a compromise on.) Basically whoever has a majority talks that way - both parties. I wish we could have at least 3 (very different) parties so that no one party could ever get an automatic majority. Failing that I like the current situation where each house has a different party in the majority. It's just not good for politicians to have too much power, forcing them to compromise and negotiate is very good for them.