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Originally Posted by DaveM  Republicans have counter-proposals for all proposals that Obama and the Democrats have. You never hear about them because it has no chance of being passed or even considered.
The media likes to talk about proposals that get passed, peoples opinion on that, not stuff that has no chance of passing and isn't whacko. They also like conflict and disaggrement. Republicans only get air time when commenting on Obama or his plans. Their plan won't get passed and as such Democrats never talk or argue about their plan. They did a little when it came to stimulus, nothing since. |
Right, I linked to a republican plan in this thread but it's being ignored. I don't think it's fair to ignore a plan just because it's from the other party, but clearly, the republicans don't have much influence right now (even though the dems are blaming them for the split in their own party) so I don't think anyone can truly expect that their plans will get looked at. That's just the nature of politics.
In theory it's called "bipartisanship", and it's a word candidates love to throw around when running for office, but seem to have a difficult time implementing once they actually are IN office. When there is a majority, they just like having all the say.