Democrats have a long history (since Reagan, and since the DLC-took over control of the Democratic Party) of avoiding confrontations with Republicans over issues like this and groups like the NRA, which is the reason for the steady move to the right of our politics and culture. Democrats are courting the same groups as Republicans are. It's how, while ab0rt!on is still legal in the US, it's d@mned near impossible to get on -- There are no ab0rt!on services in 87% of the counties of the US.
Imagine all of the issues of the last Congress that d!ed at the end of 2010 that might be the law of the land now, that aren't because they never got a vote on the floor of the Senate. Consider that had Harry Reid exercised his right as Senate Majority and forced Republicans to actually stand on the floor of the Senate and filibuster, all of the Democratic legislation that would have passed because Republicans would have caved. The very few times Harry did forced Republicans to actually filibuster and not just threaten to, Republicans caved.
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