• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    A fair answer. Most interesting is the commonality they all share that impedes further progress. The other party. I can’t blame Obama for limited success, when the opposition adopts a “Vote No” mentality because of racism, and he hit resistance within his own party that made the wins lackluster (ACA and Lieberman).

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      21 hours ago

      Obama also had a 2 month window where he could get things done and that’s when he got the ACA passed. That was the only 2 month window that Democrats had the ability to move legislation through Congress and the Senate without obstruction since 2009 when Obama came in.

      Anything that has to be written in a bill has to pass through both branches, so if it requires a bill, it really can’t be blamed on a president because they don’t even exist in that branch. That’s on the U.S. population for voting on a majority Dems/Pubs in the house/Senate. Biden served 0 days as president with a majority in those that could pass legislation… And people complain he got nothing done, when really somehow… He still got a decent amount of legislation through while being roadblocked every day for 4 years.

      Edit: That will get me called a centrist or some shit… But really those people are just foolishly ignoring the truth of how our government is set up.

    • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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      1 day ago

      clinton had some similar stuff. kennedy was resistant to healthcare because of trump like idea that it was like his or his families thing to accomplish.