Reply #20: What does "under Bush" have to do with anything? The incoming Congress [View All]

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is the ruling party, not the opposition. The Democrats acted like a responsible majority party in the Bush years, and so the Republicans walked all over them. The Republicans acted like a loud, angry opposition party during the Bush years, and so they got thrown out on their asses and back into the opposition.

Reid and Pelosi aren't inspiring by any means--and the Democrats certainly should have had leaders who were capable of doing that during the Bush years--but their current job is not to inspire. Their job is to pull together votes to defeat roadblocks and support the agenda that President Obama will lay out. Reid and Pelosi are decently good at that, despite their utter lack of vision.