Reply #5: It ain't spite - it's strategy, and it's sadly working.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Their belief is that if they block absolutely everything possible, they can say Democrats didn't do anything for the people (you know, despite the fact that Republicans wouldn't allow it, but people obviously don't pay attention to details), while simultaneously arguing that they needed to block these things because they're "too extreme". Sadly enough, it seems like the people are falling for it. It really doesn't make any sense to me that people would say, "You didn't fix things fast enough, so let's instead elect the people who both caused the problem in the first place AND stopped you from fixing it." This is why I don't value American democracy anymore.