It's my contention that he's a bad president, a poor leader and was also extremely naive when it came to trusting the Republicans who said they would work with hm, for the good of the country, early in his term. They lied their @sses off, wasted everyone's time during a period of crisis and then laughed all the way back to their offices.
I agree with most of this, but in reality republicans haven't gotten in Obama's way too much.
Remember the last budget "crisis"? People made it seem like both sides were on 2 opposite ends of the spectrum when in reality all democrats had to do was lower the budget by 1% and the republicans signed on.
Nah. They've done nothing but obstruct everything they could, in every way possible. They've outright lied about making an attempt to work together in the country's best interests and been publicly busted for it.
It's not like the Dems don't do the same thing. Like is says in my book (see my avatar - it's availble on Amazon now, btw!)
Congressman: Someone whose job is to make sure to do things that will help our country - only as long as their party gets credit for it.
Obstructing what is obviously bad policy isn't a bad thing. The Republicans have done that extensively. As for Obama working with the other side? If you'll recall Barack Obama telling Eric Cantor in that 2009 White House meeting that "elections have consequences...I won" that wasn't Obama working together with Republicans in early 2009...that was Barack Obama telling Republicans that he had super majorities and they could go sit in the hall and shut up. He COULD have worked with Republicans back then but since he was seeking Obamacare, Cap & Trade, the first stimulus and Card Check legislation there wasn't much of anything that Republicans wanted in what he proposed. It was the Nancy and Harry Show back then, Independent...and neither of them were taking any Republican input at all. They wrote Obamacare and the stimulus behind locked doors excluding the opposition and then complained that the Republicans wouldn't sign on to what was eventually passed.