My apologies, evidently my remark was too cryptic.
Mendel Rivers was a deeply patriotic Democrat who chaired the House Armed Services Committee.
My point was that there are no Democrats of this stripe in positions of power in the incoming Congress. Instead, their new leadership is well-supplied from the ranks of the Progressive Caucus, the most leftwing portion of the party. Pelosi, Conyers, and Rangel are all members. McKinney and Abercrombie are members who serve on the Armed Services Committee. If Ike Skelton is given this chairmanship, he won't be as bad as having Abercrombie or McKinney, but I don't think we will like what he does do.
>>Mendel Rivers was a deeply patriotic Democrat who chaired the House Armed Services Committee.
Sure. I found that on Google pretty easily. And I agree. Those days are over.
My post was about the President and about divided government, not about the leftward drift of the Democrats.
Are you suggesting that because the Democrats are now further to the left it is harder to cope with divided government? There may be something in that. But it seems a bit early to jump to such conclusions.