“. . . I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. . ."

[stellanoir]

7. Sorry if you read it that way.

Still, the laundry list I provided applied to another situation. I was very busy earlier today and it was easier to cut & paste.

Kindly pardon.

The "Norquist Pledge" has been around for decades. Signatories certainly bring with them a rather colossal "mental reservation".

Beyond that, the primary issue now is one of willful intent, and habitual actions to purposely block the executive branch at every turn.

That has happened repeatedly for the past seven years.

There have been countless times that legislation that had majority support were never brought to the floor for a vote under Baynor.

That's pretty damn evasive.

It hasn't been a question of lack of support for the executive's agenda.

It has been all out obstruction all the time throughout Obama's term, even when he made proposals initiated by Republicans, and even when he nominated people who had previously had Republican approval.

If we had secure elections, then the voters would decide.

We do not.