Obama, the Republican 5th Column?

[Mishka]

Allah damn it! Why can't we have a legitimately progressive leader? We need someone from the DSA

Legitimately progressive leaders can't win when true progressive make up only 20% of the population. The independents won't hold their noses that long to vote for them.
Obama has never had to negotiate anything. He doesn't have any experience. His first effort after being elected was to tell Cantor "I won". Not much of a negotiation effort now that Bohner can say to him come January, "We Won". Payback is a bitch.