Reply #8: Right: we need someone with a strong enough character [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

not to be intimidated when the Republicans threaten to hold their breath and turn blue if they don't get their way.

Today's Republicans see compromise as a sign of weakness. They are bullies, pure and simple. My guess is that like all bullies, they will slink away if someone actually stands up to them, ESPECIALLY if the Democrats stand up to them in a united front.

I keep pointing out the example of the Democrats joining together to declare their support for Social Security. The Republicans backed down.

They could have done the same for FISA, for funding the Iraq War, and for Kyl-Lieberman. They didn't--the spineless wusses besotted with outdated notions of "bipartisanship."