The President had his chance to make a deep and lasting change in DC in his first two years. We all knew that the republican
s had only one plan - take down the black man in the White House.
But even knowing these simple facts, the President squandered all his political clout, leaving the critical problems unaddresse
d (wealth concentrat
ion [tax breaks for wealthy], corporate tax loopholes, attacking job exporters/
rewarding job creators, uncontroll
ed finance industry since Glass-Stea
gle was repealed, punted health care cost explosions to 2014, etc.).
I have no idea what he or his advisers were thinking - but from the personal glimpses we've been able to see of the President, he has made decorum and superficia
l appearance
s of comity the highest priority. He has accepted the illogical concept that if someone with opposing is elected to office, then you have to yield some percentage of your ideas in deference to those that oppose you - even when your opponents shout fully disproved bunk like "lower taxes increases employment
".
That mindset crushed the effectiven
ess of the stimulus and has been an on-going self-geldi
ng maneuver that has encouraged over the top behavior from the right wing camp.
But at the end of the day, republican
s will scare a lot of people to vote for Obama - even though he has proved himself unworthy. If a solid candidate emerges to run as a 3rd party with the courage to face and address our problems, then the President'
s reelection is in trouble.
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