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Originally Posted by BeamOn
Shouldn't we consider the fact that on subjects like abortion, gun control and gay marriages, we basically are either for or against it with really no room for compromise. And these after all have been the major contentious subjects of late. In the case of healthcare where there is room for compromise (government vs. private), this has became a disaster mostly based on presidential politics, aka Obamacare.
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I think the political class does consider that fact in a very calculating way. For the most part, those are topics which, in the past, have surfaced almost exclusively during election cycles. Of late, with the apparent increase in large scale domestic violence (school shootings, military base shootings, etc.) and the gay marriage issue getting frequent media play on as court cases move at the federal and state levels) the last several years have seen those to issues get play beyond the election cycle.