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When she first came on the scene, progressives loved her. But I always thought, she's gonna eventually do/say something to show her true colors . You can usually tell a politician's true nature when they aren't in power. The GOP stalled on and resisted pretty much everything Obama did (we still only have eight Supreme Court Justices). So far, all the Congressional Democrats seem to be doing is wagging their finger and saying, "Naughty, Naughty." If Trump gets every position in every cabinet filled, his agenda will have both the momentum and resources he needs. And the Democrat will have no one to blame but themselves. (and oh God, please tell me their strategy isn't, "What for Trump to Screw Up So We Can Take Back The White House and Congress." UGH)

I hear this often, either as a question or a statement of fact. It is usually directed towards American politics. There are two answers; the "simple" one and the relevant one. The "simple" answer is..." Yes ." The Democrats and the Republicans have differences; but the most important one, the one that is hard to dispute, is this: the GOP cater to their (conservative) base, the Democrats ignore their (liberal) base. If you've seen the most recent primaries (or any of the previous ones) it's very noticeable. Not to mention the fact that while just about every elected Republican can say the word "conservative" with pride, you will probably die before hearing more than twenty elected Democrats declare themselves "liberal" (or even "progressive" for that matter) with the same feeling. Now given that this past summer Hillary Clinton was courting Henry Kissinger and just recently Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders were on the sa...