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Originally Posted by saratogaman
Thanks for sharing that with us. It's a pretty good perspective on things...but it ignores one major point: the tendency or inclination by the out-of-power party lately to obstruct rather than govern. While obstructing may gain 'points' with its core constituency, it abrogates its responsibility to govern. Congress is not participating in governing.
As low as the president's approval ratings may be, Congress -- especially the Senate -- can hardly brag about its standings...they're way lower.
I maintain that the country is not divided and dysfunctional -- it is the gerrymandered/my-district-is-safe crowd who are pawns to the special interests. Special interests include a whole raft of folks, from pharma to health insurance to defense contractors to Wall Street to realtors and countless others.
Who is representing those of us who voted them into office?
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You surely make some good points SARATOGA...and I agree with some of your reasoning.
Two things go through my mind and thus a simple gut reaction is that your point about the out of power party is correct, however we seem to keep being pulled to the extreme, right or left, and thus need someone to keep us from going too far...just an observation. Plus this from the article..
" Rather than regretting how the Republicans in Congress have behaved, Mr Obama should look harder at his own use of his presidential power.
Secondly, as I read that article I thought that maybe our FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is having problems getting things done because they shouldnt be doing them or at least all of them. Maybe we have become so dependent on WASH to "give" us what we need, instead of allowing the state government to do some of the heavy lifting.
I realize that the state cant do many things, but I see a push for a health bill that according to polls, the pubic does not want..and will stop there just as one example of spinning wheels in a different direction than the electorate seem to want. This kind of thing is costly, time wasting and allows more important things to simply sit.
Just a thought......and I ask again...when do we ever have a Presidential news conference ! I think it important to face the press !