Ok... I'm Doubling Down... No Poll... Can We Just Admit That Bi-Partisanship Is Dead And Gone ???

[MineralMan]

46. Yah, well, here's the problem with what you're saying.

Right now, Congress has Republican majorities in both houses. Everyone in Congress got elected to office.

Unless we can manage to regain majority control of Congress and elect a Democratic President, we won't have to worry about bi-partisanship. If Republicans gain control of all three branches of the federal government, we'll have zip-all that we can do.

Unless Democrats start turning out for EVERY election, the Republicans will soon be in power. There won't be a question, then, about bi-partisanship. They'll just roll right over everything.

Don't think it can happen? Think again. 2014 was a message. 2010 was a message. What message will 2016 send? It's sort of up to all of us. Talking about the end of bi-partisanship is a luxury we don't have right now. If we blow it in 2016, the Republicans will make the decisions. I guarantee they're not interested in bi-partisanship.

If we can't win, we will simply be the losers. I don't want that to happen. Nobody here on DU should want that to happen, but it seems clear that many can't see that it's already happening. Will we wake up in time to fix it? If not, we won't have to worry about bi-partisanship. It will be gone, and the Republicans will be in charge.