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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: manalagi who wrote (68608)	1/21/2010 12:55:13 PM
From: nigel bates	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

>>Obama is a good guy, but in politics, good guy finishes last. He has to take a big bat and swing to those who are against him, just like GWB did.<< But GWB didn't pass any substantial legislation. You might be able to cut taxes or declare war, but you can't pass major healthcare legislation using executive power. Like it or not, the US system requires legislative compromise. Idealists are always going to be disappointed. There's a reason why healthcare reform hasn't happened for decades. jamesfallows.theatlantic.com "...Counting the new Republican Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts, the 41 Republicans in the Senate come from states representing just over 36.5 percent of the total US population. The 59 others (Democratic plus 2 Independent) represent just under 63.5 percent. (Taking 2009 state populations from here. If you count up the totals and split a state's population when it has a spit delegation, you end up with about 112.3 million Republican, 194.7 million Democratic + Indep. Before Brown's election, it was about 198 million Democratic + Ind, 109 million Republican.) Let's round the figures to 63/37 and apply them to the health care debate. Senators representing 63 percent of the public vote for the bill; those representing 37 percent vote against it. The bill fails..."