2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Obama is the worst negotiator ever: He puts artificial constraints on himself [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)my two cents in. Just why do you think President Obama can do any concessions without the agreement of a Democratic contoled Senate and many Democrats in the House? You are making the assumption President Obama owns the Democratic Party and my representative in North Carolina. And you act like a few Republicans in Red Districts own the Government. This is ludicrous. So in effect, you are claiming President Obama will be the only person at fault, while you detach any blame to other members of the Democratic Party. That seems like a strategy to help the Republicans by pitting focus on one person. Is that the stratgy for dividing the party? and President Obama's power is measured by those that back him and so do the power that represents my representative. If I and others in my District tell our representative, not to agree with President Obama, then that is how things work. So all this power you attach to Obama, is a straw man.