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In reply to the discussion: The issues with DU participation IMHO, are a conflict between two thoughts on how to advance Liberal [View all]Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)The "compromise" thing is people who think that his corporatism/warmaking is something he doesn't want to do - I'm pretty well convinced he does want to do that stuff, see his TPP moves.
When you look at how he called out SCOTUS in that SOTU while some of them were sitting right there (they were NOT happy) and how he has difficulty dealing even with Democrats in Congress (doesn't include them in decision making process then rides them to go along with what he has decided without them), that's pretty antagonistic.
Clinton had to deal with GOP majorities but he at least was able to rally the backing of his own party. Obama acts like there's the GOP, the Democrats, and the Obama Party. Seems like a new story about how Congressional Democrats get blindsided by an Obama initiative comes out every month. Do a search on the term "Congressional Democrats Obama" and there are stories galore about how he cuts them out of the process, sidelines them, ignores them, etc.
That's how he treats Democrats. When you then consider that since 2011 it has been required that he also convince some House Republicans to go along in order to pass legislation, it's no wonder that the only legislation that gets passed are corporatist initiatives on which he agrees with Republicans and thus has no need to forge a coalition to get something through.
Here are some links to demonstrate what I'm talking about:
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/20/6045891/why-congressional-democrats-don-t-like-obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/us/aloof-obama-is-frustrating-his-own-party.html?_r=0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-looking-to-mend-fences-with-congress-is-reaching-out-to-democrats/2014/12/03/3fdf9078-7a40-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/barack-obama-democrats-113016.html
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