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The last third of this article is the most important. As long as the #POO (Party of Obstruction) has no problem with violating the norms of respectful politicking then the Left will always be outgunned. And that’s the real point. Republicans have absolutely no problem breaking any norm in their path to power. They turned the filibuster from a seldom-used tool to a routine exercise. Tom DeLay saw advantage in doing a second redistricting in Texas in 2003 to pick up extra GOP seats, even though states normally redistrict every 10 years; he succeeded. Congress typically passes the debt limit without comment, but Republicans took the country to the brink of its first default, extracting concessions in the process. A minority of the Senate prevented the confirmation for years of any director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau simply because they didn’t like the agency. The opposition party would never attempt to conduct foreign policy that differed from the president’s, until Repub...

Wow. Think on this for a second. The Senate #GOP has already said the sitting president can't execute his Constitutional responsibilities, but now at least one Senator is the next President, but only if Hillary wins, won't be allowed to, either. Let that sink in. The #POO party is trying to circumvent the Constitution because they can't get their way. What a dangerous precedent they're setting. https://thinkprogress.org/john-mccain-republicans-will-block-anyone-clinton-names-to-the-supreme-court-35636acca966#.buwkrfe3p

The #POO (Party of Obstruction) is still at it. Originally shared by RJ “Kanjii” MWilliams Leader McConnell argues that with an election looming, the Supreme Court should remain short staffed, and he certainly knows his way around DC. But the last time a Supreme Court seat was kept vacant through Election Day was in 1864. At the height of the Civil War. So, this isn’t about precedent. This is about the obstruction of a broken Republican-led Congress. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-obstruction-is-undermining-the-supreme-court-enough-is-enough_us_57f3cb16e4b0d0e1a9a9cfce

We'll have to change the moniker "Grand Old Party" to POO , "Party Of Obstruction." It only seems fair since they spent seven and a half years being the party of obstruction. #POO http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/the_first_great_nomination_battle_of_barack_obama_s_presidency_total_milquetoast.html