Debt Ceiling Deal A Political Setback For Barack Obama
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Obama ultimately passed his healthcare bill that was really a huge corporate giveaway to the insurance and pharmaceut
He could have gotten single payer through that way.
There's rarely a majority in Congress to pass anything at all until a campaign has been mounted to sell it.
And when a president and his political party are swept into power to deliver affordable
Obama never pressured Joe Lieberman (or Blanche Lincoln, or Ben Nelson, or any Blue Dog for that matter). The Democratic leadership could've taken away committee chairs (Blanche Lincoln's, too) of members in their caucus that filibuster
The DNC could've taken away reelection funds. They didn't.
Reid could've actually forced Republican
The Progressiv
Obama DID unleash the attack dogs to go after Howard Dean when Dean said it was a lousy bill. Dean was then forced to get back into line. Obama went after Kucinich, the last remaining holdout on the Progressiv
There's nothing that JoeLieberm
And the proof of this is that when Obama needed Nelson re: Stupak amendment, he 'bought' his support. That's what Obama could have done for Nelson's or Lincoln's or Lieberman'
There could be 100 "progressi
About Bush Tax Cuts
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