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To: Little Joe who wrote (149975)	11/13/2010 11:32:27 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541952

On the face of it, that is not very plausible. Obama was in the Senate. His Secretary of State was in the Senate. Is it plausible that his former colleagues would say this to Scarborough and not to either Clinton or Obama first? There may well be disgruntled Democratic Senators, in fact I'm sure there are, who are down on Obama, just as there were a few disgruntled Republican Senators who were down on Bush back in '06 and '08 and even down on Reagan back in '82--there are always people who will be disgruntled when things aren't going well. But I would be more interested to hear specifics about why they are disgruntled, what he should have done differently than to hear Scarborough quote them as saying, "Do you believe what he is going today?" What exactly was it that provoked that comment? Are they really disgruntled because of something that is in Obama's control?

To: Little Joe who wrote (149975)	11/13/2010 11:35:18 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541952

It's not. He knows what he's doing, but he's still in so much pain from his orchiectomy that he can't put the plan into motion. That's medspeak for having one's nether regions attacked with a bowie knife and the subsequent removal of the family jewels.

To: Little Joe who wrote (149975)	11/13/2010 11:59:26 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541952

So that's how he got healthcare reform and FinReg passed, two of the biggest legislative accomplishments in generations. Imagine what would have been possible if Obama had actualy known what he was doing. Actually, if Harry Reid hadn't been such a twerp, they could have passed immigration and energy reforms too when they had 60 senators. I wouldn't give you 50 cents for most of the senators I ever met or have seen on TV. Obama's mistake was deferring to the second-rate time-serving clowns who run the place nowadays.