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

To: koan who wrote (87276)	12/27/2010 11:59:46 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

He did not use the best economists which was soley his decision, he did not fight for the public option but traded it away right off the bat (and that is coming back to bite him in the ass with medical premiums sky rocketing), he did not fight to allow drugs from Canada and negotiated away lower drug costs with the drug companies rigth off the bat and in his last deal with O,Connell he sidestepped the house altogether. Well like they say politics is the art of the possible. He's probably accomplished more of the liberal agenda than anyone since LBJ. I agree the trade offs suck, especially the last one. But if not for the trade offs we would have had no legislation whatsoever. Imagine what that would feel like about now. I can list the things that he has done right and the things that he has done wrong.... and the first list would be much longer than the second. Same isn't true of the Bush years, is it? Imagine Dennis Kucinich as President. You would probably agree with him 100%, but nothing would get done.