Most democrats place loyalty to party far, far ahead of loyalty to the nation, fealty to the US Constitution, personal honesty, ethisc and morality.Whereas most Republicans vote for whoever pays them the most money.Those that don't are dealt with by party taskmasters.
They fall in line or else!
Not really a good recipe for advancing legislation that benefits the overall citizenry.
Good point.
Democrats operate more like organized labor.
Most of the big money goes to the central organization.
Republicans are more like Privateers - each man keeps as much of the loot as he can.