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How else is representative government supposed to operate if majority
doesn't rule?

How about by not trampling on the minority... especially a minority that
can summon a majority on many of the more right-wing proposals?

.... Repubs have the majority of the votes in the Senate,
House, and the White House.

Yes, but the far right does not have a majority, even within the
Republican Party. That's why the 'nuclear option' and arm-twisting...
why do several Republican Senators say that they've been 'beat up' by
the Bush cabinet?

... What else do they need to get a few judges
approved?

Pick judges that aren't fascist whackoes.

You'll notice that Reagan chose his judicial appointments, for the most
part, after consulting with Congressional leaders from both majority &
minority sides... Bush doesn't have the tact or the patience for this,
and his agenda is a bit more aggressive than Reagan's.

... How is it fair for the minority (however close in numbers)
to just say "We're taking our ball and going home."? Are you a
democrat? You're satisfied that the representative that you voted for
and are paying won't do his job and vote yes or no on a nominee? The
dems tried this crap in the Texas state legislature a few years ago.
They actually left the state twice en masse and shut down the
legislature. In my book, that amounts to mob rule.

Did it amount to 'mob rule' in your book back in the early 1990s when
Newt Gengrich led the Republican minority in the exact same kind of tactics?

DSK