I agree that sometimes legislation is more important. But it sure put a big halt to anything else Obama and the Democrats would have like to have done. Making fools of themselves in 2010 as you put it, gave the GOP control of the House until 2018 and stopped anything Obama would have like to have done in his last six years. Actually, the ACA was rushed through, it wasn’t ready. The Democrats had their 60 votes for cloture, they knew Scott Brown awaited in the wings to be sworn in giving the GOP 41 votes for a filibuster. I don’t think the Democrats at the time even thought about losing the house. That they thought they could fix anything wrong with the ACA in the future. They wanted it then and now when it was possible. They had no idea that the passage of the ACA in 2010 would result in a 63-seat loss for them. It shouldn’t have surprised them, not when 55% of Americans opposed the ACA vs. 40% in favor.

But looking back, if the Democrats hadn’t passed the ACA then, ready or not, they probably would have never had another chance during Obama.

And yes, McConnell is the most disliked of any of the 4 current party leaders in the senate. McConnell 25% favorable, 60% unfavorable. Schumer and his low profile, 34% favorable, 44% unfavorable. Pelosi 29% favorable, 51% unfavorable and McCarthy 28% favorable, 38% unfavorable. Amazingly, 34% of all Americans are in the column of haven’t heard enough or don’t who McCarthy is. Another 23% haven’t heard enough or don’t know who Schumer is. There’s a couple of leaders who keep a very low profile. 13% of all Americans fall into the haven’t heard enough or don’t know who McConnell and Pelosi are.

I agree, the leadership needs to change. Not to Greene or AOC. I personally would like Tammy Duckworth from Illinois to replace Schumer. She has spunk. I really wanted her to run for the presidency. When she didn’t, she was my choice for VP. The rest, I don’t care, just get these old fogies out of there.

In a way, it seems the Republicans want to become a permanent minority party or they’d ditch Trump and like we’ve been talking about, come up with fresh ideas and fresh faces. Do they really believe Trump will lead them back to the promise land in 2024? Rhetorical, of course they do.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.