Reply #11: Why are complaints about ineffectiveness and inaction on the part of the WH not action?

[LooseWilly]

"Why do so many people think their only job is to sit back, relax and complain when Obama doesn't do it for them?" ... Why are attempts to prod Obama into actually utilizing the power of the White House now being called "inaction"? And, while we're at it... for those of us from states and districts that already have progressive Congress folk- where else is there to apply pressure but the WH?

I don't think Chuck Grassley gives a flying fuck what a voter in CA thinks. So... we apply the pressure to Obama... and leave the constituents of Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, etc. to take care of that Congressional pressure. ... In the meantime, we'll pressure Obama to exert the pressure that comes with being the leader of the party, to use that leverage to get concessions from the conservative members of the caucus. If Obama can't do that... then he has no business being the leader of the party. Period.