Republicans have a stranglehold on the institutions of government.

[kentuck]

It doesn't matter if they are in leadership or not. The Obama Administration has proven that Democrats have very little to say and little they can do to cut the military spending, stop the war on terror, stop the intelligence gathering, stop the big government subsidies, stop the growth of contractors in our government, appoint who they want to fill open positions, judicial and elsewhere. Democrats are mostly toothless tigers and Republicans run all facets of government, whether or not they are the majority.

Now, some will say the Democrats could do this if they wanted? But I say they are hog-tied and handcuffed by the Republicans and there is nothing they can do except to be a figurehead government until the real leaders can get back in power. It is a depressing thought but I am becoming more and more convinced that it is true.

[alsame]

1. Yep, since the 80s. nt

[cali]

2. more like corporations have a stranglehold on both parties.

[Puzzledtraveller]

7. ^ding^

We haz a winner!

[clarice]

3. Who are these Repugs? nt

[Melinda]

4. Ah, but there is a third way responsible as well.

Indeed, there is.

[AlinPA]

5. They control the US Senate with the filibuster; they control the US House; they control the Supreme

Court. (And they control a lot of State governments like PA)

"Hog-tied and handcuffed" is accurate.

[TheKentuckian]

6. I tend to see self hog tying. When Democrats insist on putting them in all of the

strategic positions and can't stop tripping over themselves to execute their policy aims the problem has no chance at all of being corrected, add in allegiance to Wall Street and what else can happen?

It is hard to give hog tied much credence when there is no serious effort to do anything else. Even the obstructed policies are TeaPubliKlan in origin.