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In reply to the discussion: Bruce Bartlett: Revenge of the Reality-Based Community-My life on the Republican right & and how... [View all]Hydra
(14,459 posts)He really believes the Repubs and Big Business know how to run a country. His approaches to issues have been all about this, even as he claims he'd prefer to do something else.
The first debate of the 2012 election highlighted this when Romney casually stole his favorite middle position and hammered him on decisions made during his term. You'd think the President hadn't been at the center of making all of those decisions and doing what you suggest- figuring out how much of his vision he could get out of congress or his not-inconsiderable executive power. Instead, he looked like he regretted taking any actions that could be considered vaguely "left" that could hurt him at that point.
I guess if there's really "One America" as he suggests, then it's the Corporate States of America.