Okay hear me out…

“Have you tried crack?”

even though they’ve been in power a significant part of that time

Since 1981 Democrats have had control of the Presidency and Congress a whopping 4 years. One 2 year period under Clinton and one under Obama. That’s without factoring in the ability to fillibuster in the Senate. In over 40 years they’ve only had control 10% of the time.

maybe if Democrats actually did stuff to *make every day citizens lives better

That period of filibuster-proof control during Obama’s term is why we have the ACA. It was ~70 days and they passed the largest healthcare overhaul in generations.

Happen to have a link? That sounds interesting but my Google fu is weak today and couldn’t find it.