Now that Dems control Congress should Dems afford same courtesy to minority party that Pubs extended to them?
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They should extend their new political power to reflect the will of the people. \n\nAll politicians need to get off the rhetorical carousel and work for the people they are supposed to represent.\n\nYour question almost sounds like you want the same old thing. Hope I'm mis-reading.
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Choose the Democrats if you have any cents.
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Democrats are going to betray some one.  Will it be the New Democrats?\nOr will it be their commie welfare base?\nThis will be fun.\nBoth Iran and Al Qaeda say the Democrats owe them for helping them take over Congress.\nIllegals say the Democrats owe them.
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should they? clearly\n\nwill they? they have been proudly moving farther and farther out, proclaiming that anyone who stands against them is a "terrorist liberal"... I really don't see any move to moderation in the future with this attitude...\n\nI think the democrats did in the last election... not all but many who won... and that's why they won... and I don't really see any third party with the clout to make anything really happen... but who knows... we could all be surprised...
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Mission accomplished if both parties work together to fix immigration, the war, wasteful spending, keep taxes lower, etc.\nThen a balance of power between the 2 parties will be good.  \nThe Dems did not like their absence of power and thwarted the GOP.  I hope they are happier now and more willing to compromise.
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I think the Reps can take a loss better.  Especially amongst us older folk that remember the Dems had Congress for 20 years prior to the 1994 turn over.
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The Republicans control Congress, and the Democrats are spineless.\n\nMaybe the Dems will grow some balls after they win back the Congress in November.
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There's not exactly complete control by the Republican party.  And we've had long runs with the Dems at other points in history... in fact, the Democrats had twenty years (1933-1953) of executive control with F.D.R. and then Truman.  And we did alright.  ;)  In any case, these are elected officials, so if things go sour for a considerable amount of time, the American people will demand a change.  That is a check in and of itself.
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Both do. If you do not follow the party line you get no help for something you want for your home people. The Dem's follow the Dem leadership & the repubs follow theirs. We have no independent people in washington any more. I am old enough to remember Barry Goldwater. He use to say. " I dont care who came up with the idea, If it is good I will vote for it And to hell with the party" I wish we had more people like him now but both parties would make sure you never heard from them.
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It seems lately no matter who you talk to, they have strong feelings about politics.   Whether you're a rep. defending boosh and his crooked administration or a dem. attacking what we and the rest of the world see as one big screw up after another.\n\nIf congress was dem. the natural checks and balances would not have allowed boosh to continually screw things up like this partisan congress has allowed.\n\nFor this reason it only makes sense that the dem. take the majority of congress, work with our drunken pres. and start doing things for the American people.\n\nIn all honesty, I hope if the dems do win, they don't waste lots of time with impeachment and lots of legal attacks on those now in charge.  Even though it's pretty clear how criminal these rep. are,  what's done is done.
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There's a problem with your suggestion. It'll allow third parties to get in the mix and win seats. Unfortunately, since Congress is controlled by Dems and Repubs, none of them will vote in favor of it. I like the idea, but it won't pass through Congress.
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I don't want to see any party 'take over' congress. I want to see congressional representatives carry out the will of those who elected them.\n\nIndependent parties have such a hard struggle mainly because the vast majority of voters barely understand the viewpoints of their own party, How could they possibly understand the viewpoints of the other main opposing party and the smaller parties?\n\nAnother reason for the continued swelling of the ranks for the democratic and republican parties is that people are afraid to change their allegiance to a smaller party that suits their purposes but might not win elections. Instead of people actually voting as their conscience directs, they vote for who they think could actually win. Talk about being afraid to be on the losing team....
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Yes, but don't stop them. The extreme-right wing idiocy is making the left look better! Congress control here we come!
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It seems to be accepted among the democrats!!!
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Nope...the real issues isn't R or D in the Congress..it is the checks and balances between the branches of government. The GOP has had the advantage and used it to force policy into law without restraint. Now the restraint is there...The Dems will and ave had the same problem when they led the Predsidents office PLUS the Congress. A blend is best. .
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Consult these guys http://www.democrats.org/
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Democrats feel that people should take care of each other, together we can be more the sum of us apart.\nRepublican feel that everyone should take responsibility for themselves