Bad News with a silver lining

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The democrats blocked everything the republicans tried to pass. The only things that have passed are the few and far between compromises between Obama, the democratic senate, and the republican house.

Yeah, if the democrats blocked anything, they did it for reasons. When the republicans did it, it was because they had a policy of making it as hard as possible for Obama to get anything done. Don't pretend like they're remotely similar situations.

Now potentially all Obama has to do is compromise with the republicans since they control both houses. This should be apparent unless you assume that the democrats are mindless zombies who vote at the beck and call of Obama, or that Obama is a puppet of the congressional democrats.

Yeah, except that unlike you, I remember what the republicans' idea of a compromise was before they controlled both houses. I remember their unwavering demands to be completely catered to at every turn, and that if they didn't get that they'd work to burn down as much of the dems' work as they could, heedless to the cost to the people, all the while couching their refusal to come to a compromise as a... you know, compromise in accusations that Obama just isn't being "reasonable" to their side by not giving them everything they want immediately. I remember the republican side who would rather have the government shut down than do their jobs, and I'm wondering why you think compromise- true compromise and not just your little right wing heart getting everything it wants- will be remotely possible now that those same people have even more power.