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In reply to the discussion: WHY CAN'T PRESIDENT OBAMA GET ANYTHING DONE!!?1!! [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)First of all, Harry Reid is directly responsible for the problems in the Senate. He could have changed the filibuster rule back to that good old standard of requiring a talk-all-day-and-all-night filibuster, but he instead opted for more of the same old faux filibuster that basically brings the Senate to a standstill.
Second of all, Obama has the power of the Executive Branch and can accomplish quite a bit of good with it if he would choose to use it. Instead, he wants to compromise, play by Marquess of Queensbury rules. Hell, he had two years of a majority in both Houses of Congress, and look how he screwed that up, no public option,a faux stimulus, etc. etc.
But damn, he sure can act as the judge, jury and executioner when it comes to drone strikes, Congressional oversight be damned.
Poor, poor President Obama, so helpless, except when he decides he doesn't want to be.