Does Obama deserve credit for the bill that passed last night?

[Stinky The Clown]

[joeycola]

1. ...

:smoke:

[bigtree]

2. I'm not sure what parts of the bill he's advocated for, but It doesn't seem to matter

. . . he's not standing in the way of the legislation, so I think he deserves credit (or blame) for that.

[Avalux]

3. YES. n/t

[itsrobert]

4. No, you need to give full credit to Nancy Pelosi

thanks

[barbtries]

5. yes

so do many others.

[still_one]

6. It was a team effort, but most of the credit has to go to pelosi /nt

[Pirate Smile]

11. +1

[mmonk]

7. Yes, absolutely. No Kucinich amendment and all.

[stray cat]

8. If he deserves any blame for it then he deserves credit for it.

[Vincardog]

9. Obama deserves "credit" for the things not in the bill. Like Single Payer He didn't even ask for it

[Ineeda]

10. Well, he would have been blamed if it had been defeated, right?

Sooo, yes he deserves credit along with many others, especially Nancy.

[HughMoran]

12. Of course. It was his agenda that drove healthcare reform after all

There would be no healthcare reform without Obama.

[bigtree]

15. It was OUR agenda

. . .which he amplified with his election promises.

I'd like to know just what in this bill did the president fight for behind the scenes?

[HughMoran]

16. Having an agenda and getting it done are 2 different things

It got done under his watch so he gets credit. We may not know for a while how he applied pressure behind the scenes, but he achieved his goal of letting the Congress "do the work" so they would have a vested interest in passing this bill. The strategy worked this time, so I can't complain.

[timeforpeace]

13. Absolutely. He turned a 75-seat majority into a 220-215 vote. Honeymoon's over, Alice.

[HughMoran]

17. So passing a bill after 60 years of trying isn't a good thing in your opinion?

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[Roland99]

14. You mean blame?