In politics it is crucial that you are seen as working for what people want. There are times, of course, that you have to take a different position when it is the morally/ethically right thing to do, e.g. oppose CA's Proposition 8 even if your constituents favor it.
In this regard, it is critical that Dems, and in particular President Obama, do what they can to "reach across the aisle". Why? Because that IS what people want him to do. And in practice, Senate rules make that almost essential.
But what if Dems get the 60 vote majority in the Senate? Should they just jam their program down the Reps throats?
-- come over to the bright side --
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