elfs | The Republican War on the American People: Stastical Evidence

Michael Tomasky brings us this important statistical point. Add up all of the votes made by each Democrat in the House and Senate during the George W. Bush years, and all of the votes made by each Republican during the Barack Obama years, and something important jumps out at you:

Average Democratic Senate support for Bush	45.5 percent.
Average Democratic House support for Bush	36.8 percent.
Average combined Democratic support for Bush	41.1 percent.

Average Republican Senate support for Obama	8.8 percent.
Average Republican House support for Obama	2.7 percent.
Average combined Republican support for Obama	5.75 percent.

For the eight years that George W. Bush was president, the Democrats were a loyal opposition: some disagreed, some agreed, but all of them voted their conscience and were usually working in the best interests of their constituency and the American People.

On the other hand, the Republicans have shown no interest in being a loyal opposition, only a destructive one. They have not voted in the best interests of their constituency and the American People.

Brad Delong highlights that the stastics averages are incorrect; they should be weighted to account for the numbers of Senators vs. House members. By that number, Democratic support for Bush's initiatives was 39%; Republican support for Obama's, only 4%. Commenter "Cawley" points out that both Obama and Bush have put forward proposals that were far more slanted toward Republican goals than Democratic goals.

Only if "The Republican Party Constituency" is "The wealthy 1%" can we say the Republican Party is doing great. As long as nothing is done, as long as no regulatory agencies can get the funding and authority necessary to limit the creeping oligarchism, their servicing their constituency.