Bipartisanism

In the State of the Union address the President says that the Republicans can no longer be the party of "no" and must come to the table and meet the Democrats half way. Many Democrats have said that the Republicans are not meeting them in the middle. Here's two problems...

The first was illustrated by Glenn Beck last night. Beck showed how even with Scott Brown's victory there is a clear majority in the house and the senate for the Democrats. The Democrats do not need even one Republican vote to pass a bill. If every Republican voted no in the house and the senate, they could still pass a bill. That being said, why can't they pass bills? Why no health care? The truth is that the Democrats are split into two factions, the Progressives and the Blue Dogs. The Progressives are pushing for extreme socialism and the Blue Dogs are more middle of the road. The Blue Dogs are your traditional Democrats that are in support of more social programs but still believe in the original American values and freedom. These two are clashing and cannot seem to meet somewhere in the middle. The Progressives want major reforms that will literally create a socialism within the U.S. and the Blue Dogs are just left of conservative but no where near socialist or marxist. That being said, it's not the Republicans that are holding up the progress.

Secondly, and I've not heard any of the major pundants bring this up is that the American people have not told the Republicans to meet the Democrats in the middle on issues like Bail outs and Health care. The American people have said "No." The American people have said clearly and resolutely, "No." Under no circumstances do the majority of Americans want their health care to be run centrally by the Federal Government.

This clearly shows that, as of now, the Republicans are listening and more importantly following the will of the American populace as well as adhering to traditional American values. Please write your senators and representatives to let them know how they are doing relative to their respective positions.