There's also the bit where attempting to get people to support a piece of positive legislation is infinitely harder than getting them to oppose negative legislation.
If for no other reason, you have to agree with all the parts of a bill to truly support it, while you only have to strongly disagree with one part to be opposed to it.
If for no other reason, you have to agree with all the parts of a bill to truly support it, while you only have to strongly disagree with one part to be opposed to it.