I fear the President is taking a big part of his Party for granted.

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Namely, the more progressives in the Party. They are worried sick that this President will surrender Medicare, Social Security, and everything dear to Democrats, to these radical Republicans now in power in the House.

It seems he cannot bring himself to tell this Republican Congress, "Go ahead, make my day!" They have his number and they believe he will fold every time if they threaten to shut down the government or not pass the debt ceiling bill, or whatever.

If this President wants another term, he is taking a bigger gamble with his own Party than with the threats of the Republicans. He is about to lose them, if he hasn't lost them already. He cannot win without these progressive Democrats.

He seems to believe the only thing that matters is jobs and the economy. If the economy is doing well, it doesn't matter what he surrenders to the Republicans, he seems to think? He is staking his re-election on the hope that the unemployment rate will be much lower this time next year. But it is more than that.

Bernie Sanders and Henry Waxman have spoken to the President. Is he listening? At the rate this President is going, he is more of a threat to the Democratic Party than a Republican President, because he acts like a Republican. At best, he acts like a President that is willing to surrender everything Democrats have fought for, without as much as a murmur or even a kind word to his supporters. They are very worried about this President.

He needs to become an active, involved President. He needs to be on the front line leading our Party against this assault. It's fine and dandy that he is visiting manufacturing plants that show new jobs are being created but he is fiddling while his Party burns. He is too complacent in his position. A second term is not guaranteed.

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