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In reply to the discussion: Yup...the schism on DU is deepening [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)they are blaming both parties for the complete dysfunction of government. This might be too hard to comprehend, but for the people who vote, and don't have the time to spend in every nuance of the political system and when Speaker Boenher called the house to order, or when Leader Pelosi got critical at the daily presser.
Believe it or not, people really do not have time for that. Do kindly look for the popularity of the House in polls... I mean the HOUSE not one party or the other.
The problem is that many voters (potential) are so fed up they gave up on it. Others, like myself, have concluded that we are not represented. And you can argue until you are blue in the face against that logic, in a few districts you are correct, in most you are not.
Oh and before you accuse me of not getting the system... politics is actually what I follow for a living, with fires. You know what we say about them? (And it applies to Congress too), "City Hall, wild fires, both full of hot air and equally destructive."