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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They are in the drivers seats, they get the blame.

The driver's seat? How do you figure?

There are three branch of government. The Rs control the Supreme Court and the White House, and the D's have a very narrow margin of control on the Hill. Not enough to override a veto.

By my count, possession of the White House and Supreme Court means the R's have 2/3 of the power. The D's have the 1/3 that constitutes the Hill, but even there, with filibusters and no veto proof majority, they don't even have that full slice of the power pie. I'd estimate they have about 75% of the power on the Hill. 75% of 1/3 is 1/4.

Doing the math, you come up with the Rs having 3/4 of the power in the Federal government and the D's having 1/4. The D's are hardly in the driver's seat.