It's the attitude more than anything that bothers me. He's shitting on people as if they were 1-5% of the room, or less, and they may as well not exist and not be listened to at all.

Meanwhile your typical GOP critter, especially the California variety, will always kowtow to the other side, often far too much. The Democrats don't care- don't try - and their base rewards them for it.

You're not wrong, it's how the system is designed, but it's just so damnably lopsided in this state.