We'll need a cite for that. |
One word: sequestration. And that's on Congress, my friends. That is where the major uncertainty lies. If anything it is a partisan issue, not who wins presidency. |
Didn't read through but the responsibility for this is Congress's, not Obama's. The Democratic Congress squandered their opportunity and the Republicans are worse than useless. I can only hope that if Congress swings back to a Democratic majority they won't squander it again, but that chain of events is a pipe dream at this point. |
It's relevant since the President had two years of a democrat house and senate and they couldn't even get DC statehood passed. The were no republican obstructionists and no one to blame. |
The Democrats never had a filibuster-proof Senate and the Republicans employed the filibuster at a rate far in excess of previous Senates. First, frivolous lawsuits in Minnesota kept Al Franken from taking his seat. Then, Ted Kennedy was ill and eventually died. The attempt to give DC voting rights was prevented by Republicans attaching gun legislation to it. The suggest that there were no Republican obstructionists suggest either that you have no memory or no respect for the facts. |
As one who voted for Obama and will undoubtedly do it again, I nevertheless resent, as a DC resident, the fact pointed out above, that Obama did not seem to have us anywhere on his priority list for those first few years. He surely is not perfect.
But heck, I realized a few years back that even I am not perfect, so it's not a deal-breaker for me. |