Reply #41: "If..Obama had fought for fundamental structural reforms he..would still have support."

[BlueIris]

"Yes, Congress holds the pursestrings, but let's not forget the President appoints his own staff and advisors, and wields great power via Executive Orders. He could have submitted a 5-page Financial Reform Bill and promised to veto anything else. If the Power Elites watered it down, then he could have vetoed it and gone directly to the public. But he did none of these things."

This is only one of many reasons I do not buy the "Congress stood in his way on everything" blanket excuse issued by his defenders. He had the power to effect the change he promised and chose not to use it.