Democratic Rift Regarding Obama's Dismal Political Legacy Bursts Wide Open...

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"A painful Democratic rift over Barack Obama’s political legacy is finally bursting into the open.

For years, the former president’s popularity among Democrats stifled any public critiques of his stewardship of the party — a period in which the party suffered tremendous losses at the state and local levels.

But now that Obama and the political operation that succeeded his campaign, Organizing For Action, have expressed interest in playing a role in the task of rebuilding, it’s sparking pitched debates over how much blame he deserves for the gradual hollowing out of a party that now has less control of state-elected positions than at any other time in nearly a century.

That degree of mistrust — rooted in the idea that OFA was always primarily interested in advancing the president’s political interests, often at the expense of the party — is already showing signs of hampering Obama’s former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as he pursues the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. And the wariness — expressed by nearly three dozen Democrats in interviews — also threatens to create a divide between Obama’s loyalists and the rest of the party.

“[With] all due respect to President Obama,
OFA was created as a shadow party because Obama operatives had no faith in state parties. ..."



“A lot of what happened with regard to the party at every level was the congressional leadership,” said former Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Altmire — who lost his seat in 2012 after the state’s electoral map was redrawn — deflecting the responsibility from Obama alone. “Democrats as a whole overreached greatly leading up to 2010 and unfortunately for Democrats that was right before redistricting."

This is funny because loss after loss the DNC kept 'rewarding' Nancy Pelosi for her failures. After overseeing the collapse of the DNC in the House, the DNC stripped the House DNC Minority position from a black SC Rep so Pelosi could remain the highest ranking Democrat in the House, creating a 'made-up' position to appease the Black Representative. :p (Kept rewarding LOSERS, like Pelosi!) ]



"“I’m sorry, you had eight years to build us a party, but you failed. So no, sorry, we do not want you. Thanks, but no thanks."


Over 1,000 Democratic Party seats / positions all over the country lost under Obama over 8 years.....

Damn.


Obama's party-building legacy splits Democrats
 
Obama's legacy is that of low to no growth, drone strikes and a failed ACA.

Hardly things of which to be proud.
 
Obama's legacy is that he erased all the racial relations progress made over the past 50 years and gave us 8 years of an economy reminiscent of The Great Depression. But on a positive note, Jimmy Carter is happy to be moved up one notch on the "worst president ever" list.
 
Obama's legacy is that he erased all the racial relations progress made over the past 50 years and gave us 8 years of an economy reminiscent of The Great Depression. But on a positive note, Jimmy Carter is happy to be moved up one notch on the "worst president ever" list.
and many many more refugees from syria.
 

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