Obama never pressured JoeLieberman, Ben Nelson or Blanche Lincoln, or any Blue Dog. That's by their own admission. The Democratic leadership could've taken away committee chairs of members in their caucus that joined with Republicans and threatened to filibuster a public option for healthcare.
The DNC could've taken away reelection funds. But it hasn't. Because Lieberman & Blue Dogs (& Republicans) provide cover to Obama & the DLC-controlled Democratic Party, to let them continue to serve corporate interests over the interests of the People.
The center of American politics wanted Bush's tax cuts for the rich ended. Overwhelmingly. That was where the center is, where both the median and the mean is. But Obama adopted the language of the right, shockingly, referring to them expiring as "raising taxes".
Obama's continuing just about all of the Bush-Cheney policies, even going Bush-Cheney one better. Not only does Obama assert the Unitary Executive theory, but he believes that a president has the right to kiII American citizens based on a president's whim. No due process, no oversight. And indefinite preventive detention, because presidents are now mind-readers, and the US Constitution allows for jailing people not on what they do but on what they think.
Then there's Joe Lieberman, and Obama's using him to gut F0IA in order to get out from delivering on another of his campaign promises. And in such a cowardIy fashion, too.
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