Consider community balance in voting

Elections have consequences. And at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.”

Those were the words that newly minted President Barack Obama supposedly uttered in a closed-door meeting with then-House Minority Whip Eric Cantor. The Republicans characterized this statement as emblematic of President Obama’s intransigent approach to governance. While I think it’s reasonable to note that the Republicans did a fair job themselves of digging in their heels to stymie much of the president’s policy agenda, I think the dust-up over this quote from 2009 still…