that obvious answer is not a good one. when democrats got material gains for working people they controlled congress from 1933 to 1980 except for two years. get

that obvious answer is not a good one. when democrats got material gains for working people they controlled congress from 1933 to 1980 except for two years. getting rid of the filibuster and packing the supreme court to pass and see to fruition real material gains would make democrats the ruling party for the foreseeable future. they don't do that because that's not what they want.