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In reply to the discussion: WHY CAN'T PRESIDENT OBAMA GET ANYTHING DONE!!?1!! [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)95. He had 60 senators and a large House majority in 2009-2010
nothing got done. And no amount of GOTV is going to top those numbers this time around if you say that he has to have 68 Senators to get anything done, then you've given up.
He was put in office in 2009 to undo the damage the Republicans did for 8 years. Instead he decided to meet them half way, and they of course ran him over. If the president wants the next 3.5 years to be different, he needs to behave differently (like serving his voters instead of those who are trying to destroy him).
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Then run someone as a Rpublican and primary the current office holder. At least make him face a
kelliekat44
May 2013
#62
I don't agree with pressing blame in this case....it achieves nothing. What's done is done.
Sheepshank
May 2013
#17
Handing anything to the GOP, anything at any time by flaking out...is so not a viable option.
Sheepshank
May 2013
#12
But the list of things that could have been accomplished within the administration without
JDPriestly
May 2013
#56
I thought he had a majority in the house a while back. So what would be the dif now?
L0oniX
May 2013
#27
...and because not enough Democrats showed up in 2010, the result thus being the GOP takeover.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#26
No such thing happened on the West Coast. Oregon set midterm turnout records in 2010
Bluenorthwest
May 2013
#80
Then explain to me why Russ Feingold lost? Your theory doesn't hold up in all instances.
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#81
Oh, I will vote, I will donate money, I will probably even work for a campaign or two.
MadHound
May 2013
#42
Well, that is really up to the Democratic party and its candidate now, isn't it?
MadHound
May 2013
#50
Nope...you are barking up the wrong tree...my insinations are in your own mind
Sheepshank
May 2013
#73
That's right If the 2nd Amendment stands then so should the simple majority to pass a bill No 2/3 bs
judesedit
May 2013
#48
You cannot fix shit! This will continue until we take campaign money out of the picture and fund
Dustlawyer
May 2013
#54
Finally, someone who gets it! They cannot see the forest through the trees!
Dustlawyer
May 2013
#109
Because he did not pressure Harry Reid to kill the fillibuster. Or, bring it as an issue to
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#58
1) Offer Lieberman a cabinet post (or, use your intel to figure out what he wants and then get it)
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#98
Not buying it. Obama is a skilled political operative who can figure out how to manipulate one
grahamhgreen
May 2013
#115
I think Job ONE is to get more Democrats elected. ESPECIALLY at the state level.
calimary
May 2013
#64
I am with you about fighting tooth and nail in 2014 and I will once again be manning the phones
rhett o rick
May 2013
#83
Maybe you should read past the subject line. I don't think the OP is 'anti Obama'.
randome
May 2013
#88
He's going to get the Social Security cuts done. As soon as the Repubs stop blocking him.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#90
The only real way to move forward and address our challenges is to remove the
spicegal
May 2013
#101