Don ' t quote me on this but I think I ' m in a quote . ~ uScootaliciousScooter <| sep |> Yeah , he really is not a big part of the US film industry . Basically no one cares about him in the US . Edit It is also just a stupid parade . <| sep |> anyone who becomes the face instantly gets into trouble . let Blake keep doing the good work without the curse <| sep |> That isn ' t true . Republicans have to get damn near 100 % of their base out to vote and still hope for a miracle . Democratic registration far surpasses Republicans , all they have to do is literally show up and Democrats win by large margins . Even swing states went quite strongly for Obama in 2008 when Democrats went out and voted . Ever since the original Clinton left office , the presidency has been much less about reflecting popular ideas and more about strict party lines instead . Granted he did not win over 50 % of the vote either time , but he did base most of his policies on popular opinion once he ditched his shitty economic plans in 1993 which was one of the few nonbipartisan legislative initiatives from that era that I recall . I often wonder where this divide came from . Reagan as well as Bush 41 in 1988 had strong across the board support , even from Democrats . The culture war BS was not as central of a theme . I want to blame Newt Gingrich for starting the culture war nonsense , or perhaps it was Congressional Republicans under Bush 43 ? Who knows .