(July 23, 2016 at 1:01 am)bennyboy Wrote:(July 23, 2016 at 12:57 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I see your point. Both parties do it. I think one party does it more than the other.
Besides, I don't think even Obama thought he would see the type of unprecedented obstructionism he sees now.
Totally agree.
In his first term, Obama had the House and Senate majority IIRC. He literally could have pushed every bill he wanted to, and the republicans could have done relatively little to stop him. And when the Republicans started cock-blocking him, he STILL had a huge swell of support. I was waiting for him to make a public announcement: "Look what these fuckers are doing. . . they are blocking the will of the people. Let's take action!" Instead, he negotiated, played diplomacy, and realized to late that there was never, EVER going to be cooperation from the Republicans. . . not on anything.
This is what pissed me off with Obama: his first two years, he had both houses of Congress. The Republicans threatened several filibusters, and not once did he say, "Yeah? Go on ahead and do it, so I can paste that to your resume." He folded on a strong hand, in my opinion.
