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(45,274 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Spock_is_Skeptical
(1,491 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)gig in his future?
DJ13
(23,671 posts)Its French, I think.
unblock
(52,317 posts)nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)Anything goes
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)He's doing the best job possible despite unprecedented obstruction.
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)bowens43
(16,064 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Why do you find that hard to believe?
babylonsister
(171,090 posts)I'm not a whiner either. Do you see what's happening in the House with the rethugs? I am grateful every day for President Obama v. the possible alternative.
Sure, I'm not pleased with everything he does, but at least he's making an effort, which is more than I can say for a lot of these creeps. And I'm grown up enough to recognize that there is a certain amount of compromise involved.
DMacTX
(301 posts)We are lucky to have him and Joe.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)Well it has been a while since I've read such prose
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)That's what they say about him regarding foreign policy.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)Never heard the phrase. Just popped in my head and I liked the rhyme. Are rhyming words now reserved for Republicans? Hard to keep up around here.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Bernie Sanders who truly is for the little guy. I'm sick of the rest who claim to be dems but are owned by corporations.
unblock
(52,317 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)much from him. They aren't the Koch brothers.
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)depending on whether you base your opinion on what you read on DU, or what people who live in the real world have to say.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)because that's where the 'real' people live. And DU is no longer reflective of the real world.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)the executive branch of the federal government.
I think the separation of powers is a good thing and if people keep letting Republicans have power, then we have to deal with it.
There's nothing to "appease." The Republicans have real power if they hold the House. End of story.
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)You will see more of his leadership in the next two years. If we all pull together and give him a majority in the House in 2014, he will have a chance to realize some pretty broad progressive changes.
He is my President!
bowens43
(16,064 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)s-cubed
(1,385 posts)Although I think he's not the best at letting people know his accomplishments nor at selling them in the first place. But, despite all the obstruction he's faced, and the incrediblly bad hand he was dealt, he has accomplished more than many. (There are lists out there if you need them).
I also think he thinks in the long term, not the immediate skirmish, and won't show his hand until the time is right. In this latest skirmish, perhaps he could have held out for higher rates for $250K+, but he did get some higher taxes for those people in capital gains. Perhaps he could have held out for permanent fixes on tuition breaks. Perhaps not. We weren't there.
There's a mathematical concept, sometimes called the streetwalker's theorem, which is expressed this way: You are a streetwalker, you get an offer from a John, which is low. If you take it, you may miss out on a higher offer, or you may get no other offer at all. You have to decide what your threshold is for accepting an offer. Obviously, you can't predict the future, so you have to play the probabilities of what you think you might be able to get. Put in political terms, you are dealing with the possible outcome, vs. the ideal outcome.
Someone said Not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
(Teddy Kennedy?).
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)See "Triangulation" and "Centrist" for details and excuses.