The Simplest Of Political Questions: Does This President Know HOW To Play Political Hardball ???

[WillyT]

Forget cave-ins, Capitulator-in-Chief, compromiser, et. al....

Does he know how to use his office to smack the fuckers down?

:shrug:

[The Magistrate]

1. Evidently Not, Sir

[Skink]

2. There's a T involved.

[WillyT]

13. Are We Talking... T-Ball ???

:shrug:

[Skink]

15. I remember not having to wear a helmet but yeah.

[ProSense]

3. No

He's "weak"! It's surprising that he made it out of the primaries. Even more surprising is that he gets anything done.

[Webster Green]

20. No copy and paste hotlinks to all his great achievements?

WTF?! :shrug:

[ProSense]

24. Does it bother

you that President Obama has accomplished a lot of really great things in two and a half years? That he is one the best Presidents ever?

[Webster Green]

25. He could have been one of the best.

He sure had the momentum.

He lacks the guts for the job. He is not a leader. It's just not in him.

He will lose in 2012 due to all the caving to the pukes. I don't know anyone who will vote for him again.

[jaxx]

28. I bet you don't.

Laying down with fleas and all that.

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[eilen]

4. I don't know about you, but I feel smacked down

You operate under the premise that he is really compromising. I think the correct term is "conspiring."

[TheMadMonk]

5. Better question: Which frigging team is he playing for? /nt

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Thanks for saving me the bother of saying that.

[QC]

6. Yes. He has no problem playing hardball with progressives.

Sadly, when it comes to the Republicans, well, that's a whole other story.

[Divernan]

8. He's used his office/staffers to smack us "purist" progressives down.

[EFerrari]

9. I used to have better brawls in 2nd grade at Our Lady of Mercy

uniform, nuns and all.

[chill_wind]

11. LOL! Love it :-)

:hi:

[WillyT]

18. Oh C'Mon Man... Those Nuns Can Be Ruthless...

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

:bounce:

:hi:

:kick:

[bbgrunt]

10. answer: only with his base.

[xchrom]

12. Yes. But he agrees w/ his enemies more than he disagrees.

You all don't appreciate the pain that causes him.

Or the special chess game he's playing.

[sendero]

14. It is a moot point..

.. frankly, I think he is very intelligent and that he knows exactly what he is doing.

He is doing it by choice, either due to adhering to his personal ideology (which is at serious odds with his campaign rhetoric, and his presidential rhetoric as well) or because he is beholden to other interests.

Either way, I won't vote for him again, he's merely Republican lite. And barely lite at that.

[Still Waters]

16. I honestly don't know. I think he truly wanted to change the poisonous

roadblock in Washington as the centerpiece of his Presidency. In my opinion he compromised way too much and too often. I imagine the Repubs were wetting themselves with fear when they saw the power of the movement that propelled Obama to the White House, but then quickly sized him up as giving way more ground than he had to.

His election should have shored up the Democratic party for a generation; instead, I fear that if he loses in 2012 the Democrats may be done for. The 2010 elections just about wiped the party out in many statehouses--I hope I am wrong about this.

[WillyT]

19. Yep... There Have Been Many A Post, That He's The Right Man For The Wrong Time...

We need a fighter.

:shrug:

[Safetykitten]

17. I was waiting, hoping for someone to post this. It really is the question now.

He does not, and maybe is way over his head.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. No

[pscot]

22. With us, definitely

[Creideiki]

23. He's playing 23-dimensional chess...

against all but the top 2%.

[Name removed]

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[sad sally]

27. At the press conference when he said when the Republican's offer

a serious plan, then "I'm ready to move," doesn't give much confidence that this a leader talking, it's someone who reacts to whatever is happening at the moment. It's being a follower, not a leader.

So, wherever the Republicans want to take him, he'll move to that position.