The party with the majority of representatives, who recieved both the plurality and the majority of the votes cast, gets to set the agenda for the government. Obviously, there is even a smaller group who sets the agenda for the parties, and an even smaller group who gets their way, and an even smaller group yet who really came up with the ideas. Want to splice it even further? Do I have to start talking about specifically which organs are responsible for "setting the agenda"?
If that's what you're arguing, that there are not 160 million professional policymakers in America, then all I can say is that this is the least profound truth I've heard in a long time.
My point, quite obviously, was about how much the Democrats, having won majorities in the Congress, Senate and the Presidency, get to set the agenda relative to the Republicans, and what kind of compromises are and are not appropriate given the results of the elections.
Nothing you've said seems to have any traction on that point, and instead you've chosen to quibble pointlessly over what kind of majority, exactly, I'm talking about, when that point is perfectly obvious given even a tiny drop of philosophical charity. However, since you haven't been willing to grant me any measure of charity for years now, I'm not hopeful you're going to start now. I expect nothing but insults and fruitless nitpicking.
-Jester
If that's what you're arguing, that there are not 160 million professional policymakers in America, then all I can say is that this is the least profound truth I've heard in a long time.
My point, quite obviously, was about how much the Democrats, having won majorities in the Congress, Senate and the Presidency, get to set the agenda relative to the Republicans, and what kind of compromises are and are not appropriate given the results of the elections.
Nothing you've said seems to have any traction on that point, and instead you've chosen to quibble pointlessly over what kind of majority, exactly, I'm talking about, when that point is perfectly obvious given even a tiny drop of philosophical charity. However, since you haven't been willing to grant me any measure of charity for years now, I'm not hopeful you're going to start now. I expect nothing but insults and fruitless nitpicking.
-Jester