The issue underlying all this is how to protect the rights of the minority.
During the period of the Dixiecrats lots of people were tearing their hair out at the tactics they used during the civil rights era.
Now the shoe is sort of on the other foot, but the question remains the same.
If one side has a majority in government should it be able to push any agenda it wishes? What about the 49% that didn't vote for them?
I don't have answers, I just raise the question.
as they say in Chicago.."wait till next year". Elections happen often enough..if a party develops too much of a tin ear the tides changes.
Need I remind you that when the Democrats controlled the Congress for decades, they paid absolutely no mind to what the minority Republicans thought or wanted.
And if some Republican got out of line, they would take away their parking spot, change the locks on their office doors and move their office furniture out.
The Republicans treat the Dems like kings compared to what existed pre-1994.