… Republicans want the old Democratic Party back. That was the deeply divided party that fought over everything — wars, civil rights, spending, taxes.
What happened during Obama’s first two years was something of a miracle. The Democratic Party held its majority together. They governed. We experienced something that is routine in a parliamentary system but rare in the United States — party government. …
If Democrats are becoming the nation’s new majority party — as last year’s election suggested they are — Republicans want them to be a divided and ineffective majority. CONT.
Bill Schneider (George Mason U.), Reuters