Spoiled Children

by digby

I have no idea if this is the correct interpretation of the numbers, but if it is, it’s clear that most of the American people understand that Republicans are behaving like spoiled two year old terrors having a tantrum but they think the best thing to do is for the Democrats to give in to their demands because they are the grown-ups and it’s up to them to keep the peace. It says a lot about the national character:

Even though more people think Republicans are not doing enough to reach bipartisan consensus, 54 percent believe the Democratic party should take the first step toward developing bipartisan solutions to the country’s problems, the survey says. Forty-two percent say the GOP should take that first step.

Just over half of those questioned say the Democrats should give up more ground to achieve bipartisanship, while 43 percent want to see the GOP make more compromises.

“Americans feel the ball is in the Democrats’ court,” Holland added. “They may not be held responsible for the problem, but since they are in charge of the government, Americans appear to think they are responsible for the solution.”

No word on whether or not enabling monsters normally results in good governance but common sense argues against it.