Angry people are angry. They have a right to be. And they're going to get angrier.

[phantom power]

Compromise isn't going to fix any of this. People say they want compromise because in their personal lives compromise is how normal people solve problems. But compromise isn't the goal--it's a means to an end. What people want is problems to get solved. If stuffed shirt Democrats aren't fixing things, maybe the nice smiling folksy pro-business lady will get in there and do something. Obviously Obama isn't getting anything done.

That's what's going on. It isn't as if the Republican brand or Republican policies somehow got more popular. They didn't. And the next time around people will probably be saying "well, let's try putting a woman in office and some agreeable politicians and see." But they'll flip again when things don't change. Demography will ultimately doom the current incarnation of the Republican Party, but not before something snaps.

Eventually this will reach a breaking point. It has to. It'll break when some sufficiently large crisis occurs, and one side is fully prepared to use that seething rage for constructive outcomes.

The party that is more ready for that moment will be the one that makes real policy changes. Until then, we'll just keep surfing waves, watching each side crow that Americans have finally "woken up" and "put the adults back in charge" every two years while not a whole lot actually gets done for anybody but the rich.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/angry-people-are-angry-they-have-right.html

[hifiguy]

1. The problem in this country is that tens of billions of dollars

are spent every year to keep the "angry people" angry at everyone except those who are actually responsible for what is making them so angry.

[narnian60]

2. + 1 zillion nt