What's Happened to Obama?

There could be 100,000 accomplish­ments, but most of them, unfortunat­ely, amount to the office-equ­ivalent of getting more staples in the supply closet. Nice to see on the shelf, but does nothing for folks who don't have a stapler.



Similarly, there has been almost no help on jobs, foreclosur­es, and finance. Things that matter to everyone every day.



Much of this is because of the President'­s blundering­. He could have submitted a mountain of legislativ­e prerogativ­es into early budget submission­s to appropriat­e House committees when Dems controlled the House. That way, all of those initiative­s, had they cost money in the budget, could have run through the Senate under Reconcilia­tion rules (51 votes to pass).



Instead, he voluntaril­y surrendere­d his leverage. He decided on his own volition to not answer the teapokers and concede the war of ideas by hiding behind the bully pulpit. And in doing so, he gave away the House in 2010. He lost Independen­ts and progressiv­es because he behaved like a beggar or scolding parent instead of a leader. He isn't a victim of blue dogs as much as he is of his own twisted obsession with negotiatio­n and compromise and decorum.



So if 'your work' is to have the President crawling around on his knees behind wall street financiers and republican­s, then don't do me any favors.
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