Why Democrats lost

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

112. And the problem with Brokaw's analysis is that the Republicans DO NOT have to govern.

Americans make it quite abundantly clear that only the Democrats are expected to govern, and when they do, Americans hold them and only them accountable, while Republicans get to sit back and pop open bottles of champagne.

This is why I get so frustrated with Democrats blaming Obama. He is FORCED to govern with the colleagues he has.

FDR, LBJ--they had more liberal Democrats and some Republicans willing to work with them.

Reagan in 1986--Democrats were willing to work hand in hand with him, even though they took the Senate by overwhelming margins.

Clinton? Even when the Republicans took the House in 1994 and voted against his stimulus, increased their numbers in 1996 and then lost ground in the Senate, they too, realized the err of their ways and worked with Clinton.

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.? No chance. On the most significant issues, Republicans have outright refused to work with this president; they have blocked him, mocked him, then blamed him after sabotaging his agenda. And the Blue Dog Democrats that sided with those Republicans? Many of them lost in 2010, 2012, and we probably finished them off last night in 2014, which may be the only piece of good news.

Bottom line:

Democrats, stop comparing Obama to FDR, JFK, LBJ, and Clinton--those presidents enjoyed winning coalitions where there were many more liberal Democrats, liberal and moderate or pragmatic Republicans willing to work with Democrats. Obama has enjoyed NONE of that! I've explained this over and over again. No other president has been mistreated in this way. No other one.