When elections are meaningless...
What happens when elections no longer matter?
In 2008, Barack Obama won an election with a landslide. Democrats won both the Senate and the House by huge majorities. George W Bush, John McCain, and the Republicans were rejected by most of Americans.
Yet, the Repubs blocked everything possible with the 60-vote rule in the Senate. Barack Obama and the Democrats were able to pass the ACA, a healthcare reform bill, a tepid response to the huge healthcare problem our country faced. The Republicans won back the House in 2010 in what they mistook for a mandate from the people, even though Democrats still controlled the Senate and the White House.
There is little doubt but that the country is very divided. The legitimacy of elections is no longer accepted as the final answer. Even after the Supreme Court rules on legislation, one Party still refuses to accept the decision as final. Some Republican governors choose to ignore the law.
If Barack Obama wins the election in November, many people will not accept the decision of the electorate. They will continue to block him at every turn. The voice of the people, the vote, is no longer legitimate. This is a big problem for our democracy.
When citizens can no longer accept the will of the majority by direct elections, what is left? Where does this division lead? Where does this division end??
The Republican Party is promoting hatred of this President and is sowing the seeds of division and discontent.