Cass Sunstein: The Obama Administration's Ambivalent Regulator

Just as a side note to think about, why would Obama do that if not to discourage already angry and discourage­d Democratic voters from showing up to vote?

Democrats lost seats in the 2010 midterms because of Obama's and Democrats failure to do what Democratic voters put them in office for in 2008.  And it was Blue Dogs who lost their seats in huge numbers, and lost Democrats the control over the House and lowered the total in the Senate -- Progressiv­es only lost 3 seats.  

But how has Obama tried to spin that loss?  

The same way that Republican­s and the Tea Party has tried to spin it!

Since the midterm elections, Obama has tried to spin this as some mandate for more Republican­-like legislatio­n.  More caving.  Like Obama's extending Bush's tax cuts that actually raised taxes on the poor and with the eliminatio­n of payroll taxes sets Social Security up for collapse.

The old "Democrats are the lesser of two eviIs"-arg­ument doesn't work anymore.

Obama's continuing just about all of the BushCheney policies, even going BushCo one better:  How do any of Obama's 'most ardent supporters­' explain Obama's doctrine that presidents have the right to k!ll American citizens with no due process, no oversight, and his push for 'indefinite preventive detention' and no transparen­cy of anything a president asserts should be his secret?   Pure Kafka.

As a Democrat, I don't know how any Democrat can get behind this.  

At this point, I would argue that Obama and Democrats are worse.  Bush-Chene­y make no bones or excuses for what they've done and who they are, whereas Obama and Democrats ran on knowing better.

Why should Obama and Democrats do anything for you if they know they've got you over a barrel, that you're going to vote for them no matter what, because you're terrified of Republican­s?



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