How do we make peace with Blue Dogs without giving them their way?

[jody]

29. See my edit change after your post. IMO color of any object is a useless example because some people

are color blind, perhaps even you?

I'm a scientist and use mathematics to model cause and effect relationships subject to the laws of nature.

I find laughable how other fields are called "this or that" science as if adding the word "science" makes legitimate their endless ruminations about the latest collection of opinions.

At the very first stage of education we begin to teach reading, writing, and speaking but never formally offer courses in listening.

IMO the dozen or less divisive, polarizing political issues are used to divide and control government.

That may be effective for small populations but not for large populations.

For example, what might be effective laws for a crime ridden city like Chicago or Detroit won't work in remote areas of states like Wyoming or Montana.

If you don't recognize that, then you have to face the simple fact that Wyoming's 600K citizens have two senators and California's 38 million citizens have two senators.

Like it or not, any crime bill that passes Congress should satisfy the needs of Wyoming and California.