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In reply to the discussion: President Obama will be in office until January, 2017. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)116. You have to wonder how Obama feels
about his army of supporters telling everyone who will listen that he is abjectly ineffectual.
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That seems like quite the unequivocal apology. And from what I've seen of his posts, he
Squinch
Jul 2013
#127
Again this fairy tale that the President is merely being obstructed?
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#16
If the public is not sufficiently aroused, they do as they please. That seems obvious. nt
bemildred
Jul 2013
#54
No president has had such an obstructionist Congress, media onslought/w outright lies, etc....
hue
Jul 2013
#77
You might be able to make a case that the 80th "Do Nothing" Congress obstructed
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#86
K&R. We need an aggressive pushback against these kinds of agitators. nt
AllINeedIsCoffee
Jul 2013
#85
Even if the Senate passed Obama's agenda, it'd still die in the House.
Drunken Irishman
Jul 2013
#93
We need a liberal Congress in no small part to rein in the Executive and to push
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#96
But there is a problem with the "aint nothing the President can do" argument.
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#132
And who are you directing your anger at? We in the state of Washington want the Federal Government
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#165
I certainly agree that participating in local government is our responsibility
whatchamacallit
Jul 2013
#147
I live in Iowa, and our Democratic Senate blocks the egregious teabag initiatives coming
emulatorloo
Jul 2013
#177
When he had a Democratic Congress and 60 Senate seats, all we got was Mitt Romney's health care plan
steelmania75
Jul 2013
#184