And would the "block anything Obama does" Republicans have gone along with a half-way bill? Well unless they were lying when they said they were going to block anything, then no, they would not. The Dems should have hollered every time the Republicans stalled. They used the filibuster over 100 times in 2009, a wholly unprecedented record of obstructionism. But does the voting public know about this? The Democrats needed to have spun this as "We worked very hard, overcame our own internal bickering, and couldn't get any cooperation from the Republicans, just as they said would be the case, no matter WHAT we would have tried. It's a bit rich to work to prevent your opponents from doing anything, then blame them for it.

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