“[T]he real test of a democracy is not so much the behavior of the winners; it will be the behavior of the losers.” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
- Christopher Hill, quoted in this week’s Newsweek
This is a test that the Republican Party has greatly failed during the last 15 months. Losers of elections are not expected to roll over and do nothing but neither should they stand in the way and use every extraordinary means at their disposal to thwart majority rule. It may produce short-term gain for their team but the very democracy upon which this nation is founded has been harmed by this immature approach to governance.
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