They said that about Obama, but he still got shit done. The Repubs can't obstruct forever, and the Dems have learned how to deal with those tactics.
The weird thing out our democracy is, it's getting more democratic, even with pathetic turnout, the public exerts more of an influence on the news cycle, and that drives the political agenda.
> They said that about Obama, but he still got shit done.
Mostly in the first half-term, with a Democratic Congressional majority -- his signature legislative accomplishments (Affordable Care Act, ARRA) were achieved then.
> The weird thing out our democracy is, it's getting more democratic
No, its not.
> even with pathetic turnout, the public exerts more of an influence on the news cycle, and that drives the political agenda.
There's a number of forces steering things in between there, assuring that the impact that the news cycle has (because of the spin on the events, even if the public exerts more influence on which events get attention -- which is a dubious proposition, I think) reflects a fairly narrow set of biases held by the powerful.
There doesn't seem to be any evidence that the substantive policy output of the political system is becoming better aligned with the strength of views in the public, such that the net effect of any of this would be "more democratic."
> No chance. Not with Congress the way it is now, and run by Republicans. Neither will Sanders.
100% of the House and 1/3 of the Senate is up for election at the same time as the President. There's no particularly strong reason to believe that the next Congress must look like the current Congress.
No chance. Not with Congress the way it is now, and run by Republicans. Neither will Sanders.