The Republicans have controlled the White House 20 of the last 28 years, and the Congress, 12 of the last 14. There were 700 lobbyists in D.C. when Reagan came to office and most regulatory bills were written and sponsored by legislators. Today there are over 30,000 lobbyists in D.C. and most "regulatory" bills are written or sponsored by corporate lobbyists. As George Will and some other conservatives have pointed out, the Republicans have spent far more in 20 years than the Democrats had in the previous 50. The first and only bills Dubya vetoed since becoming president was after the Democrats came to power in 2006, and since then the Republicans, while quick to point out how Democrats can't get very much done, have broken all previous records for filibusters.

So, Xeno, tell us all again how everything that has happened is the fault of "liberal" Democrats.