The Democrats are being blocked from governing the country by people who don't believe in a positive role for government, Vosem. The Republicans are doing this on purpose. There is no negotiation in good faith with them.
But the alternative (for the Democrats) seems to be waiting until Republicans come around to the Democrats' point-of-view, which isn't a very...realistic...strategy. It basically consists of agreeing with the more extreme parts of the Tea Party that, on the whole, they would like for the government shutdown to last as long as possible.
You do know that the continuing resolution is itself a compromise? You do know that "Obamacare" was a 90s Heritage Foundation plan?
Don't be ridiculous. You know as well as anyone that the GOP is not interested in compromise. They want Obama and the Democrats to come around to THEIR point of view. Which if you notice, they have on many substantial issues.
No, this is about saving face for the GOP. They have primary elections to worry about, where some right-wing billionaire can now pour as much money into any useful idiot's campaign, and the Tea Party nihilists will fall in line with voting for those candidates.
