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um, dc_dux? The House pretty much always was run as a one-party dictatorship. Under both parties.
The Senate was supposed to be different. It hasn't worked out that way recently for any number of reasons, with each party saying the other started it, or set it off, or what have you. Suffice it to say no one is covering himself in glory over there. However - when stuff has gotten done, it's gotten done by building issue by issue. Legislation is passing, you know. And remember - the majority changed in 11/06 and the new leadership wanted to be aggressive in pushing stuff, so of course there's some pushback. That should settle down over time, I'd imagine. Unless there's another change of control.
Also, I would argue that in the Senate, Harry Reid has been a lamentably poor manager of both the Senate and of his own party's Senators. Pelosi not anywhere near as bad over in the House; she's much more in tune with what is achievable. Or so it looks to me.
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