[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm no fan of Obama, but this guy doesn't have a clue. He brings up 10 points, and proceeds to get everything wrong.

I think this one is a little more intellectual and thought out, instead of the bumper sticker sloganeering of the first article

t turns out that Obama, advised primarily by Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod, was so committed to his strategy of bipartisan governance that he insisted on pursuing it, not only at the expense of his campaign promises, but also of his own (and his party's) popularity. Holding his own ideologically disparate party together was difficult enough. But bringing along enough Republicans to demonstrate a good-faith effort—whether they ended up supporting him in the end or not—resulted in legislation that however historic, was so watered down by compromise with corporate lobbyists that it pissed off almost everyone and satisfied pretty much nobody.

Republican presidents traditionally cater to their base or face the punishment. (See "Bush, George H.W.") Democrats shovel [doo doo] in their base's face and tell them they had better act like they like it or face what Bundy called "the wild men in the wings." And it usually works...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...his-fall/full/