Obama Targets Core Constituencies In Midterms Home Stretch

If Obama had really wanted JoeLieberman's vote, he would have done to Lieberman and the BlueDogs what he did to DennisKucinich (the last hold-out on the ProgressiveCaucus, all of whom had pledged to vote for a healthcare bill only if it had a public option, and who all caved). What did Obama do to Kucinich? Obama flew to Cleveland & rallied Kucinich's constituents against him. http://blo­gs.wsj.com­/washwire/­2010/03/15­/getting-o­nboard-oba­ma-travels­-to-ohio-w­ith-kucini­ch/



Where was that mentality with JoeLieberman, BlancheLincoln, the other BlueDogs and even OlympiaSnowe? If the president of the UnitedStates had used the bully pulpit against them, a lot of progressives would have respected that and said, "You tried your best".



But Obama didn't try. He cut a deal. Months earlier, undermining all of the congressional committees except Baucus's (Senate Finance Committee) writing healthcare legislation that reflected the will of the People, cutting those efforts off at the knees. The public was powerless in the backroom deal. A deal that Obama l!ed about, & then was forced to admit when secret memos went public. ("WhiteHouse insists: No deal with PhRma" -

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