NYT: "Cancel the Midterms". Do you agree?

[branford]

32. Interesting perspective, but somewhat skewed.

If the Republicans take control of the Senate, they will control all of Congress. If they then send bills with their agenda to the president who vetoes them repeatedly, will you then concede that the president is obstructing everything. Who's obstructing whom is often really just a matter of perspective. Was the Democratic Congress "obstructing" President Bush in his second term. I'm a loyal Democrat, but I'm not naive or blind.

The American people have chosen a divided government. It's not unusual, hardly something that was unanticipated, and many consider it just another wise and necessary check on the power and influence of both the Democrats and Republicans.

There is no need to change the system, and really no significant support, no less the necessary super-majority, to amend any part of the Constitution. Rather than complain incessantly about Republicans obstructing our policies, greater effort should go into electing Democrats to state and federal office, including GOTV efforts among our core constituencies.

We held all levers of power for Obama's first two years in office, with much of that time including a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Much of the country was not impressed. We can do better.