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Hillarysmygirl16 · Administrator

Obama Misread His Mandate (RCP 08.17.09)

thebword · Super Moderator

The President should have realized what was possible and what wasn't, and he should have used his substantial influence to push the House toward the kind of centrist compromise the Senate will ultimately require. That's called building a consensus - something he promised he'd do but has not yet made a serious effort at.

I like the way they summed up the article at the end. I couldn't agree more. He was exactly what he was accusing HRC and McCain of: say anything, do anything, and promise anything just to win votes.

Kbentleyis · Diamond

You're right bword. Remember how Axelrod, Dean, and Brazile, all said it was a "map" strategy?

Kind of blows that theory.

Hillarysmygirl16 · Administrator

Here is what I think anyone who lies about their childhood and life is liable to lie about anything

Optixmom · Super Moderator

I found this part interesting:

For whatever reason, the Obama administration has acted as if those hagiographical comparisons to FDR were apt. It let its liberal allies from the coasts drive the agenda and write the key bills, and it's played straw man semantic games to marginalize the opposition. For all the President's moaning in The Audacity of Hope about how the Bush administration was railroading the minority into accepting far right proposals - he was prepared to let his Northeastern and Pacific Western liberal allies do exactly the same thing: write bills that excite the left, infuriate the right, and scare the center; insist on speedy passage through the Congress; and use budget reconciliation to ram it through in case the expected super majority did not emerge.