I preface these remarks with the disclaimer that I'm no longer a Democrat. I cannot co-exist with the Blue Dogs, who refused to pass Obama's programs and made Obama take the heat without a fair opportunity to show results.
I was an elected Democrat in my first career, and the Democratic Party got to tap my bank account for a few bucks every month on autopilot.
While I was a Democrat, I've never favored one party rule. That always ends badly.
And the Republican Party has a distinguished history.
It was Republicans who voted with mainstream Democrats to invoke cloture on the Dixiecrat filibuster and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Indeed, the first POTUS identified with civil rights was the Republican Abraham Lincoln.
The first POTUS who defended the interests of the 99% against the depredations of the 1% was the Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
Times have changed.