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Tchocky · 10-03-13, 01:12 PM

You can claim that the elections produced mixed messages. That's about it. Lawmakers have to do their own thinking instead of dueling mandates which gets you precisely nowhere.

It's just like anything else - if the situation can be boiled down to a single sentence that blames one faction - then your sentence is almost certainly wrong.

One factor that skews the House elections in particular is increased gerrymandering since the 2010 redistricting. This is how you get a GOP majority out of a Democratic popular vote victory.

Almost none of the GOP House members represent a district won by Obama. They have little reason to compromise because their safe-seat constituents don't want them to.

You can't say it's obvious that the American people don't want the ACA to go ahead - as some are saying here.

10-03-13, 01:12 PM	#161
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	You can claim that the elections produced mixed messages. That's about it. Lawmakers have to do their own thinking instead of dueling mandates which gets you precisely nowhere. It's just like anything else - if the situation can be boiled down to a single sentence that blames one faction - then your sentence is almost certainly wrong. One factor that skews the House elections in particular is increased gerrymandering since the 2010 redistricting. This is how you get a GOP majority out of a Democratic popular vote victory. Almost none of the GOP House members represent a district won by Obama. They have little reason to compromise because their safe-seat constituents don't want them to. You can't say it's obvious that the American people don't want the ACA to go ahead - as some are saying here. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]