Reply #13: I agree

[Proud Liberal Dem]

the case must be made by President Obama and the Democratic Party next year that the kind of obstructionism that has been perpetuated by the Republicans in Congress needs to be repudiated and that in order to get things done President Obama needs the public to also deliver a Congress to work with that isn't allowed to simply throw sand in the gears of government at every turn. I know that that's a lot to hope for maybe but our federal government has become virtually paralyzed by unprecedented levels of Republican obstructionism. I think that everybody needs to come to some kind of understanding that Congress was created for the express purpose of allowing issues to be debated and voted on and for nominees for cabinet offices and judiciary need to be allowed to be debated on voted on. I'm not of the mind to totally eliminate filibusters but there needs to be some reform of the measure so that it doesn't become a permanent logjam to getting things done that need to be done. I realize that, whenever a Democrat is President, not getting things done is pretty much the point but we need to argue back that they are public servants that have a job to do and that they need to do their damn job and not play games like what they have been done since Obama was elected POTUS!