Annie
Not So Junior Member
You have a voice. Your senators and Reps in congress are your voice. If they are in the Majority then they get a loud full voice, if they are in the minority, then not so much. That is the way a democracy works. The libs whined about it for 6 years and then got back both houses. But you don't get your way when you are in the minority. No bones thrown your way, No right wing judicial nominees "just so you can have a voice". This is what it means to lose power. The worm will turn again for the dems. But now, if you are a republican, you are the opposition. Get used to it.
Ah that is just the problem. If in the minority their voices do not count 'as much', but the acknowledgment that those they represent do count should be there. What Pelosi effectively is doing is muting the voices of the people who didn't vote Democratic. That's just wrong.
So far however it looks as if Obama isn't of the same mindset and my guess is the Blue Dog Democrats won't be either.