Uh, all these "compromises" were done in order to get past cloture. There are many things Obama could have done to make deals. He could have been an active advocate of "reform" instead of "tuning." He could have threatened to have their seats challenged if they hung up what was supposed to be the President's signature piece of legislation. He could have openly pushed for the Dems to get most of the job done by bypassing the "traditional" path where cloture isn't an option and only requires 51 votes.
In short, he could have played hardball and used his position to justify why it was necessary (the fact that we're up to around 40-60% of all senate business is being filibustered would be more than ample justification). How many Executive branch appointments are still being actively hung up by Repugs? He could have re-ignited the passions of his base by doing so AND gotten a better result for the nation.
It really is THAT easy. And you're only focusing on ONE piece of legislation whereas the author's detailed analysis of several major efforts are insurmountable with your meager excuses. You have very low expectations - but that doesn't mean the rest of us should have low expectations, too.
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