There has rarely been a time when a president or party's agenda has attracted 60% of the votes. Almost no competitive elections are decided by this margin--fewer still at the national level. Why should the Senate be different?
The reason this has never been a problem before is that the Senate has operated by a gentlemanly, informal set of cooperative rules. This has gone on for hundreds of years, in fact. Even during during the years leading to the Civil War we did not have this level of grandstanding and obstruction. Of course, back then, there was a bar in the back of the room.....
nonsense
in the clinton years, every bit of legislation he passed he did because the minority was AFRAID to oppose him
his particulars were perceived as popular
reagan's agenda, he totally intimidated his opposition
obama completely misplayed his mandate
his stimulus was a PIG
he let PELOSI write it, for cryin out loud
ie, what would/could anyone EXPECT?
if he'd done HEALTH CARE before CAP AND TRADE (in the house), for instance...
100 other things, big and small
oh, no, times are no more partisan today than they've ever been
politics in the united states is what it's been---outright CIVIL WAR
both sides would assassinate the other if they could get away with it, if resort to violence didn't turn out to be so disadvantageous, harmful, POLITICALLY
obama's a loser, one of the greatest in our nation's long, glorious history
sorry