Except it's not...because one party had the power to obstruct and currently the other party doesn't. Regardless of that there is one party who's sole aim is to obstruct instead of govern. Exacerbated by the fact that the party who does nothing but obstruct can't govern when it's all on them.
Not to mention the dems are always bashed for reaching across the aisle and not going the lengths the GOP do.
Really the point is you'd hope the GOP supporters would take the time out their us against them mentality and support the fact that some things don't benefit any of us. I expect this same crap when it comes to net neutrality.
There is an unfair double standard regarding the Democrats being held to a higher standard than the Republicans are when it comes to reaching across the aisle. I agree.
That said it is basically what I said. Both sides think they're right and both sides want their side to hamper the other's agenda. That includes me, I want the Democrats to fight Trump tooth and nail frankly. Of course I'd be happy if both parties could come to a compromise on things to move forward but generally with the caveat that the Republicans move left on that hypothetical issue as opposed to the Democrats moving right, and I'm sure my conservative counterparts feel the same just in reverse.
Now, recognizing this isn't attributing right or wrong to either party it just what it is, being objectively right on most of the matters is somewhat irrelevant. Like, of course our Supreme Court seat was stolen from us, of course the Republicans would cry foul if we had done the same to them but of course we'd probably be happy if we do the same to Trump in the future(if it were possible).
I don't really know how this gets better, our electoral system kinda damns us in this regard now. You have land versus people essentially, either a majority of the population imposing their will on a majority of the land or a majority of the land imposing their will on the majority of the people.
I do find this somewhat fascinating now though with Trump's approval rating being what it is. If it were closer to 50/50 it'd be one thing but below 40% and no real huge disaster(Harvey excluded since it's not in the numbers yet) if his numbers hover around this area for the rest of his Presidency or even fall further it seems rather fascist to tell over 60% of the population to shut the fuck up and fall in line behind their man.
The general idea of essentially running to undue another's "legacy" is rather disgusting to me. I don't think you can really govern a country effectively when there's that much political instability and laws and policies have a 4 to 8 year shelf life. However, despite Trump undoing much of Obama's shit he can't actually touch Obama's legacy. All of Trump's "wins" besides the Supreme Court seat will likely be just as short lived as Obama's, Obama will always be credited with doing them first regardless if it's a later Presidents EO or a later law passed by Congress that sticks. Trump will forever be seen as a response to Obama, and not a good one, which all but ensures that everything Obama did will also be well recorded and discussed in the future. Obama stands on his own, Trump would literally be nothing without Obama.