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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
I think it matters, but in the opening post, no mention of who is the president, just that the president was a democrat.
I may hate Barry as a spinless idiot, but 545 people are responsible for this mess we're in, and listening the democrats saying things will get better is getting boring, they had a good set up when they took office in 2006, now look at things, but hey, they need more time, more time to do what, fuck things up more?
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Yes they did take power in '06 but did not have the 60 senators needed to beat a filibuster until 08 but that included the independent Liberman. Without the 60 number nothing of significance could get through. Plus Bush threatened to veto anything he did not agree with. So in reality they only had the power to pass major legislaton for about a year and a half as Scott Brown gave the GOP 41 when he got elected after Kennedy died.