Dems would be easier with this issue if they always hide behind public initiatives and referendums to get their agenda through.
So they feel uneasy about executive orders by governors (like in Massachusetts) and presidents? If it is "the will of the majority" it is OK?
You have a better solution, Sherlock?
The fact of the matter is, that is how a democracy works. You cannot claim to be a small-r republican and a small-d democrat unless you really believe in the consent of the governed, and, yes, that means sometimes policies will pass that a minority of voters oppose and a majority of voters support, which is not the same thing, by any means, as “tyranny of the majority/masses”.
