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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:55 PM Original message |
What do you think will be remembered as the defining issue |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. His moderate administration |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Just like Reagan's "moderate" administration, eh? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Not quite... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. My teenage daughter would say his failure to secure equal rights for LGBTs |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too soon to tell. It could be almost any you listed, but all |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. The further rise of the Corporate Elites and the death of the Gulf |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. +1 |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. +2 |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. +3 |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. +4 |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. ^ The possibility frightens me ^ |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll have to wait until the end of the first two years... |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. self-delete |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. It was bad enough before the Gulf. Now there are no words to describe the depth |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is there just ONE defining issue? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. All of the above with the Gulf in first place, Wars second place n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Economy, then oil spill, then health care |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Final Attack on Working Families |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. The abandonment of the liberal ideology that got him elected |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. that seems to be an accurate description |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bailouts and escalating debt. |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Gulf, easy. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. None of the above, every single one is an inherited problem he's had to face. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The Gulf is a problem that belongs to his administration- based on his ratification |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. But the typical American will not understand these details. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. They surely will, because with a disaster of this magnitude and length |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well, that's one possible political approach, but not the one I'd take. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Nothing precludes doing both |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. What a cop out. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. The defining issue? |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Gulf Catastrophe |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The Gulf already |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R big #5 for, oh-I-don't-know, something like Shrub-CHEENEE's DE-REGULATION of FATCATS?!1 Could |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Obama definitely inherited a toxic mess. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Fine. Let's start with the BLAME. Let's DWELL on the f***king BLAME, O.K.?!1 n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Giving 100% to Goldman on the AIG bond insurance |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Gulf |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Timidity. Even with so much support and Dems in control of the House |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. That's exactly ... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. I have to admit Obama's politics did not or do not surprise me, |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Disdain for the liberals in his party |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. and for other traditional Democratic blocs |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. the Wall Street global apocalypse |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. +1000 |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. they are trapped |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That first bit is hilarious. OMG, rethink the whole market driven financial services economy!?!?! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. Obviously another DLC run presidency. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. It won't be a single issue, but a narrative about several crises... |
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