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Eric Lotke, Campaign for America's Future research director and lead author of the new report, calls the obstruction a "deliberate strategy." He observes that the congressional Republicans block legislation, then blame the Democrats for getting nothing done. "It's like mugging the postman and then complaining that the mail isn't delivered on time."
** NOTE: To obtain an electronic copy of the Campaign for America's Future's report "Block and Blame: The Conservative Strategy of Obstruction in the 110th Congress," please visit
http://home.ourfuture.org/assets/block-and-blame.pdf (broken link)
By the way, it is currently the 111th congress, not the 110th as your article mentions.
That's because the article in question is from Dec. 2008 apparently, the OP might have realized that if they read past the headlines.
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