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Conservatives have never had the power to make one sided bad decisions like these.

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Out of curiosity, if the margins are so close, then how come the pendulum doesn't swing both ways? Isn't it equally true that the GOP needs conservative Democrats to help get its programs passed(for instance, the Patriot Act)?

I'm a little confused by your post. You speak to the narrow margin of Congress, but then state that liberals have had essentially carte blanche to execute their excessive programs. What about McCarthy's era? What about persisting in Vietnam? What about persisting in the war on terror?

I'm really not trying to be difficult, but I would like some clarification on this point.