Democrats are a MINORITY in both houses of Congress!

[Gothmog]

62. I live in the real world and compromises are part of the real world

If the Democrats had turned out to vote in 2010 and stop the tea party, then President Obama would have had a stronger negotiating position. In the real world, President Obama negotiated the best deal possible at the time and under the circumstances. The recovery from the worst recession since the great depression tied his hands and his only alternative would have been to let tax cuts for the middle class to also expire and possibly restart the 2008 mess. I personally believe that this was the best deal that was available with the tea party in control of the House.

Right now, the Democrats have no real power in Congress. Wanting the the Democrats to take actions that are not possible makes no sense to me. The premise of the OP is that we should not be making demands on the Democrats in the Senate and Congress to take actions that they do not have the power to take. We need to get out and vote to retake control of Congress.

I would love to see Democrats have the power to block Trump's agenda. To get that power, Democrats need to turn out and vote in 2018 and 2020.