12-11-2016, 11:56 AM
(12-11-2016, 08:20 AM)Mikebert Wrote:(12-10-2016, 08:45 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:Well that's a value statement. Obviously people on different sides have different beliefs. I suspect I feel pretty much the same about Trump as you feel about Obama.(12-10-2016, 04:49 PM)Mikebert Wrote:(11-16-2016, 05:49 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Okay. So you guys are going to stick with your prejudices no matter what he does. Thanks for the info.That is what happened with Obama on the right. But I actually think Democrats will work with him even though Republicans never return the favor. For example, Bush passed two tax cuts without having the 60 vote majority in the Senate that Obama needed to pursue his agenda.
Obama's agenda was much more radical. But we'll see if Obamacare can be repealed without a 60 vote majority, or if the Democrats stonewall that.
My first sentence is perhaps. Seeing if Obamacare can be repealed without a 60 vote majority is a hypothesis that can and will be tested. If a straight repeal is passed with enough Democratic senators to get 60 votes, I'll agree that Democrats are working with him.
I think it's much more likely that the Republicans will have to come up with a bipartisan compromise, or that they will complete the Democrats' job of eviscerating the filibuster.