At least when the Democrats were supposedly ignoring the Republicans, it was in the service of getting things done. They were forced to ignore the Republicans because the GOP strategy was to block everything. Obama tried his best to reach out to them, he gutted most of the good parts of the healthcare bill to try to hook any Republican votes. Now that the Republicans are in power in the House they're not suggesting ignoring the Democrats because the Dems are standing in the way of progress, they're doing it because they have no interest in compromise. I guarantee you there will be no watering down of Republican bills to gain Democratic support, they'll just play chicken with the economy and peoples' lives (by shutting down the government and refusing to pass needed funding bills) until the Dems give in.
"fuck you GOP we're gonna do this alone"
It was more "fuck you GOP, if you're going to stand in the corner and throw a temper tantrum every time we try to get something done we're gonna have to do this alone." It's impossible to work with a group of people whose entire strategy is to make sure nothing gets done, that's not the Dems fault.
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Date: 5/11/10 00:00 (UTC)"fuck you GOP we're gonna do this alone"
It was more "fuck you GOP, if you're going to stand in the corner and throw a temper tantrum every time we try to get something done we're gonna have to do this alone." It's impossible to work with a group of people whose entire strategy is to make sure nothing gets done, that's not the Dems fault.