red states rule
11-19-2010, 07:22 PM
In Mr Robinson's world the voters are right now (like the US Constitution) a hinderence to the Obama agenda.
In Mr Robinson's world the voters to to da** stupid to appreciate Obama's (and the lefts) moral and intellectual superiority
In Mr Robinson's world it too difficult for someone of Pres Obama's superior intelligence to explain the complex issues to the uneducated, uninformed, unwashed masses
So the only option is for Pres Obama to make those decisions for us since we are incapable of making those decisons on our own
After all, in Mr Robinson's world it is for our own good
That is the fantasy world liberals like Mr Robinson and Pres Obama live in
President Obama is being inundated with contradictory advice on what to do next, now that his party is losing its majority in the House and will have weaker control of the Senate. Most of the punditocracy's counsel centers on how Obama should greet the strengthened and emboldened Republican opposition.
With a defiant, Churchillian vow to fight in the committees, on the beaches, etc., but "never surrender" to the encroaching hordes? With a broad smile and an invitation to join hands in bipartisan compromise, and perhaps a singalong around the campfire? With a somewhat less genuine smile and a series of maneuvers, in concert with the Democratic leaders in Congress, that forces congressional Republicans to cast politically difficult votes?
For what it's worth, my advice for Obama is to forget the Republicans. Not literally, of course - the new House leadership is going to make itself hard to ignore. But ultimately, it's the president who sets the agenda and who ultimately is held accountable for America's successes and failures. Obama's focus should be on using all the tools at his disposal to move the country in the direction he believes it must go.
A new report by the Center for American Progress - a think tank headed by John Podesta, former chief of staff to Bill Clinton - seeks to remind Obama that shepherding legislation through Congress is only one of the ways a president can get things done.
Presidents can issue executive orders, the report notes. They can use their rulemaking powers, working through federal agencies that already have broad mandates under law. They can forge public-private partnerships. They can shape world events through diplomacy and command of the armed forces.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804879.html
In Mr Robinson's world the voters to to da** stupid to appreciate Obama's (and the lefts) moral and intellectual superiority
In Mr Robinson's world it too difficult for someone of Pres Obama's superior intelligence to explain the complex issues to the uneducated, uninformed, unwashed masses
So the only option is for Pres Obama to make those decisions for us since we are incapable of making those decisons on our own
After all, in Mr Robinson's world it is for our own good
That is the fantasy world liberals like Mr Robinson and Pres Obama live in
President Obama is being inundated with contradictory advice on what to do next, now that his party is losing its majority in the House and will have weaker control of the Senate. Most of the punditocracy's counsel centers on how Obama should greet the strengthened and emboldened Republican opposition.
With a defiant, Churchillian vow to fight in the committees, on the beaches, etc., but "never surrender" to the encroaching hordes? With a broad smile and an invitation to join hands in bipartisan compromise, and perhaps a singalong around the campfire? With a somewhat less genuine smile and a series of maneuvers, in concert with the Democratic leaders in Congress, that forces congressional Republicans to cast politically difficult votes?
For what it's worth, my advice for Obama is to forget the Republicans. Not literally, of course - the new House leadership is going to make itself hard to ignore. But ultimately, it's the president who sets the agenda and who ultimately is held accountable for America's successes and failures. Obama's focus should be on using all the tools at his disposal to move the country in the direction he believes it must go.
A new report by the Center for American Progress - a think tank headed by John Podesta, former chief of staff to Bill Clinton - seeks to remind Obama that shepherding legislation through Congress is only one of the ways a president can get things done.
Presidents can issue executive orders, the report notes. They can use their rulemaking powers, working through federal agencies that already have broad mandates under law. They can forge public-private partnerships. They can shape world events through diplomacy and command of the armed forces.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111804879.html