Let's tie Obama's hands behind his back, then bludgeon him on "weak" job numbers

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118. The problem is, that when it was the Bailouts, which btw, were voted against in the first vote by

Democrats, there WAS a fight, enough of a fight to make Congress go back and vote again.

It really is a question of priorities. If the majority party wants something, they CAN get it. Bush did it with the help of the Republican leadership in Congress.

The logic behind saying 'well, yes they had a majority, but the Dem Leadership had no control over some Democrats' is that you are really saying 'Republicans, even in the minority, still get what they want'. How do they do that?

Ask a few Republicans who were bullied and pressured by the leadership (remember Tom Delay?) into voting with their party. They were threatened with losing chairs of committees, money for their next elections, etc. etc. Iow, if you SAY you are Democrat, act like one or you lose a lot of those perks you get from the party.

The Dem Party got the bailouts, against the wishes of the American people, against the wishes of many members of their own party and without any Republican support whatsoever.

They get what they fight for iow.