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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
At the end of the day, I think whatever healthcare reform bill is passed will be almost completely what the Democrats want. There will be a lot of GOP wailing about the absence of bi-partisanship. But when you think about it, why should there be any? The Democrats won a 78 seat majority in the House and a 60-40 majority in the Senate. If one wants to talk about a "public mandate", the Democrats got one in 2008...big time. Talking about seeking the input of the opponent is a real nicety, but nothing more. Whatever party wins that kind of a majority really doesn't have to listen to what their opponents say or want at all. That's simply the way the game is played. If the public wants something different, they have a chance to change it in 2010 and again in 2012. In the meantime, why waste time wailing about not being consulted? Politics isn't practiced by Mr. Niceguys, either before or now.
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So, the only reason we vote for people is not their capacity to see what's in the best interests of their district, we just want to find people who can toe the line as dictated by the DNC or RNC! After all, the DNC and RNC know what's best for us, and whichever party has the majority just tells us which "NC" should be dictator-for-a-term.
Say, why bother having a Congress at all where elected folk represent districts? We could just count noses and then simply turn over all "congressional stuff" to the party "leaders" at either 430 S. Capitol Street SE or 310 First Street, Washington, DC 20003. After all, what the party leadership think is right is all that matters.......