"democratic" congress

the republicans people love to point out how the current congress, which they describe as being under democratic control, never gets anything done----what they hope people forget is that a party really has control only when they have at least 60 members in the senate, the rules of which basically require a 60 vote majority to ensure passage of legislation----the mistake the dems have made, i think, is not forcing more straight-out filibusters, which is all the control the republicans have---they still might not have gotten any more passed, but at least it would make it clear which party was being obstructionist