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'Party government' runs the US Congress, has since the late 1790s, and the Democratic Party has controlled both Houses of Congress (with a supermajority in the Senate) and the White House since 2008.  


That's what being in the majority party's caucus means -- You get the perks of the power.  
Democrats like to hide this from the people, the 'hierarchy of party control and power', and lend the illusion of democracy (small 'd'), like "herding cats", "no organized party", etc., but that's how it is, and it's the only reason there are political parties.  

If you do not get behind what the leader of your political party tells you to do, you're going to find your life really cold and lonely for the duration of your term in office. And come reelection time, you will NOT have the party organization behind you either at a state or national level, and that is certain de@th for your time in office, not to mention your overall career in politics.

There are all kinds of other 'carrots and sticks' you use to keep your party together, and if Obama really wanted to, it would have happened.

By the way, I'm talking about a president who is a popular leader, who comes into the White House with more Americans having voted for him and his campaign of CHANGE than had ever voted before in the history of the country.  Political capital, and Obama came into office with a huge amount.  So large, the GOP was in a puddle in the gutter outside of the US Capitol.  

After the 2008 election, Republicans weren't just on the ropes; they were down for the count.  What did Obama do?  He issued them a pardon.  
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