re: #225 Cato the Elder

He was poking fun at himself.

re: #230 Obdicut

Why is it important if one party is using every method at its disposal to prevent legislation from being passed, confirmations going through, etc?

Well, I guess because we actually need to do things, like health care reform, banking regulation reform, we need those appointees to do their jobs. We need a sane opposition that asks for concessions, gets them, and then votes for the compromise bill.

I understand that people want limited government. But broken, nonfunctional government is not limited government.

Well what do you propose we do about disagreement exactly? Settle it like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr did?