Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JohnM who wrote (467338)	2/8/2021 10:31:32 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540810

‘I Hope to God I Live Up to It’ President Joe Biden told CBS News that he “always thought about presidents in terms of Abraham Lincoln up there or, you know, Franklin Roosevelt or George Washington.” Said Biden: “And I thought to myself, ‘How in God’s name could I compare myself to them?’ But then I realized I know eight presidents… I know them. They’re all really fine men and you know their strengths and their weaknesses. And it gave a little more of, well, you know, no, I — don’t get me wrong, I think it’s an incredibly challenging job. And I’m extremely flattered to have a chance to do it. And I hope to God I live up to it. But it seemed to make it more life size.”

To: JohnM who wrote (467338)	2/8/2021 3:43:42 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Recommended By TigerPaw Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540810

I think that is bullshit. But I have always thought Chait was a light weight and usually half a bubble off. When Obama came into office he had a better congress, and better approval than Biden, and he could have done pretty much anything he wanted, but he was blinded by his desire for bipartisanship. If he had used the full power he had coming in he could have done much more than Biden, in fact damn near anything he wanted. People were so happy to have him after Bush and they liked him, a lot, and he thought he could pull the country together, so his desire for bipartisanship took priority over everything. And it was a tragic mistake, over the next eight years the dems lost 1,000 statewide seats and both houses of congress because we did not deliver, because of the Republicans e.g. when he put guys like senator Mike Enzi, of Wyoming on is health committee. Enzi told people he was there only to slow things down. I don't blame Obama he had a great vision, but he was young and naive, He said in his memoire his biggest failure was his inability to bring people together. Biden is fully aware of that mistake and does not intend to repeat it. His roll out has been near perfect.