Justice Stevens to Retire Soon

[Kim]

Snake, very few of the conservatives/republicans/tea party people are even remotely interested in hearing what the other side has to say. Nobody wants to hear that what they think is wrong, no matter how nicely it is dressed up. It is far easier, and far better, for the democratic party to do everything it can to take the country in the direction it thinks is right. That way they'll be able to bring some actual change to a country in dire need of it, rather than tearing themselves apart trying to make nice with people who would rather do anything than admit that their core beliefs are wrong or flawed. For however many swing voters the democratic party won the favor of by playing nice, they'd lose at least twice as many by not doing what they're supposed to be. You may think that bipartisanship and teamwork is feasible in the near future, but I disagree because I don't think people are that good, and I think any idea that functions on the assumption that they are is doomed to fail.