Anonymous wrote:Correct, but when you openly state that your number one priority is to be sure that the President is not re-elected, vowing to oppose anything he wants, you have crossed the line from policy to blind partisan demagoguery and obstruction devoid from reason.
And that is not only not patriotic, it verges on ignorant treason depending on the issues in play.
Reid and Pelosi are a rancid slugs wallowing in their self-generated slime trail.
(An example of what was never said by the same individuals who now say this about McConnell even though the D's were doing the exact same thing from 2001 to 2009)
Actually, no. The use of the filibuster has exploded under McConnell (see Mann/Ornstein's latest book). Moreover, while Dems did not like process used to pass Medicare Part D, they did not throw up roadblocks to implementation. Same can't be said for GOP.