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We never truly had 60 votes in the Senate and you know it.
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Yes, we did.

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

If you really believe that Republicans are the scvm of the earth (and I certainly do), you have to then ask yourself, "Why haven't Obama and Democrats used every tool at their disposal to stop them?"


There is nothing that Democrats in Congress are doing that Obama hasn't signed off on, much less ordered.

When you're the president, you're the head of your political party. When your political party controls both Houses of Congress & the WhiteHouse, you do what the head of your party tells you to do. The only people who don't understand this are those who have never worked in politics or in government. 

Democrats like to hide this from the people, & foster the illusion of democracy (small 'd'), like "herding cats", "no organized party", etc., but that's how it is; it's the only reason there are political parties.

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

The Democratic leadership could've taken away committee chairs of members in their caucus that joined with Republicans & threatened to filibuster a PublicOption for healthcare. 
  
The DNC could've taken away reelection funds, but it hasn't, because Lieberman & BlueDogs (& Republicans) provide cover to Obama & the DLC-controlled DemocraticParty, to let them continue to serve corporate interests over the interests of the People.

Obama insisted Lieberman remain in the DemocraticCaucus. In spite of multiple betrayals by Lieberman before & during the 2008 election (Lieberman endorsed McCain, campaigned FOR McCain).

Over REAL Democratic senators, Obama insisted Lieberman keep the chairmanship of the GovernmentalAffairs & HomelandSe­curityComm­ittee. That's the committee that whitewashed the BushAdministration's failure during HurricaneKatrina. Obama rubberstamped that committee's not investigating Bush once Democrats took over control of government after the 2008 election. 
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