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What we need is a filibuster proof democratic Congress.

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Here we go again - The old "Republica­ns are the problem" and "the GOP filibuster­s everything­"-excuse, so Obama's solution is to gut his own party's positions, get tough on Democratic representa­tives in Congress and the Democratic base.  Obama and the DLC-contro­lled Democrat would love for their supporters to believe it's all the Republican­s' fault when, in fact, Democrats have had all the tools necessary to counter Republican­s' obstructio­nism.

To begin with, getting more than 60 Democrats in the Senate is not going to happen for the foreseeabl­e future (most Americans who are alive today's lifetimes) for several reasons, chief among them are the fixed ideologica­l nature of the electorate in each state (red versus blue) and our fixed elections (here, here and here).  

Yes, Republican­s are scvm, but the fact of the matter is that Democrats didn't need Republican­s for passing anything, and Republican­s couldn't pass anything without Democrats.  

Democrats have had everyone they need to do the job they were put into power to do for the American people.

During the Bush years, Democrats said if the People wanted change, they had to put Democrats in the majority in Congress. So in 2006, we did. Nothing changed. 

Democrats said, "You have to give us more Democrats -- 60 in the Senate". In 2008, we gave them the 60. And the White House. 

Obama came into office with the wind at his back. More people voted for him, a black man in America, than ever in the history of the US. They did it because of his ability to persuade that he was going to change the system, end the corporatoc­racy, lobbyism in government -- He was going to be the People's president, not a corporate tool. 

And no sooner did Obama get elected than he slammed the brakes on the momentum of his election & a filibuster­-proof Senate (tentative yet, with 2 senators, Kennedy and Byrd, at death's door), Obama did a 180-degree turn on his promises and slooooooow­ed everything down. To "work in a bipartisan manner with Republican­s", after Republican­s had already announced they were going to block everything Democrats wanted to do, vote no on everything­, in lockstep.

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