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Originally Posted by Azure
She also doesn't have Newt to work with like her husband did. The Republican party today is much more partisan.
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And this is why while the Presidential race is important--the downballot races are even more essential to focus on. There are some absolute nutjobs in the House/Senate, and the GOP run group of them refuse to even consider compromise, even on things that they purportedly are in favor of. For example, Merrit Garland as a SCOTUS judge. Many Republicans have voiced their approval of him being added to the Court, and yet they refuse to even have meetings with him, because he's Obama's choice.
Until we get this hard-line right wing, Tea Party group out of power, we're stuck with either horrible obstructionism or regression on many issues. The President holds veto power, which is helpful, and he/she would have executive orders, but otherwise, the legislative branch holds much of the control of what happens domestically. As a country we really need to focus more on those races happening locally, at the city/state level, to have any kind of chance of changing the way these things run.