She didn't want to be obstructionist.
He continued to see himself as part of a vanguard modernist elite engaged in a crucial battle against a broad front of obstructionist conservative forces.
The accompanying cost is that the absolute majority rule makes it harder to overcome obstructionist minorities who wish only to block legislation.
But the same is true of an absolute multiplicand, which dampens the risk of affirmative minority opportunism while increasing the costs of organizing to overcome obstructionist minorities.
It is similar to the days of early factory legislation, when the same kind of fussy obstructionist tactics were pursued.
It is perhaps unfairly charged with being obstructionist from the beginning.