Perhaps the democratic party shouldn't have abandoned trying to make a broad appeal. And there is a big difference between 7% being able to block a bill and 7%

Perhaps the democratic party shouldn't have abandoned trying to make a broad appeal. And there is a big difference between 7% being able to block a bill and 7% being able to pass a bill. A fair number of people view it as a feature that it can be hard to pass a law when there is only some opposition.