Reply #7: What I see, in respect to members of his own party and their opposition,

[FrenchieCat]

and their timidity towards change, is that they lack of confidence in our President, the media and themselves. They are largely afraid that when Pres. Obama does something that is not popular with the Washington Press, they, the Democrats, will be made to pay for it. They have somewhat of a point in that, and so long ago they decided to adopt certain views that allows them to pass by the Status Quo watchdogs unscathed.

On the other hand, President Obama works the status quo and his opposition in a different way from how the standard kiss ass Democrats as well as the pure at heart ideologues do it. He talks about a vague vision without proposing too many specifics, allows for debate, and then ends up with a proposed plan.

It isn't that he doesn't already know pretty much what he believes is the solution, and which way he will go; he does. Rather, in order to satisfy the opposition yearning to be heard, he allows for a process of open exchange to come BEFORE he presents his policy details. This results in an opposition that while fighting to be heard, cannot be busy mounting a campaign against what is to be proposed, since they aren't quite sure what that will be. That's his strategy, and it is a pretty good one, considering what Washington and our media has become.