Richard94611 wrote:
You fail to appreciate the one gigantic step forward Obama made during the first year of his presidency, Obamacare, which he had to devote enormous effort to in order to get it passed. Succeeding with this was so difficult, time-consuming and complex that he could not get to a lot of other items, and he intended to get to on them after Obamacare was passed.
Obamacare a gigantic step? That's rather presumptuous of you, seems to me the jury is still out on what the effects, both negative & positive, the Act will have.
Obama had to "devote enormous effort" to get the Affordable Care Act passed? To succeed with the Act, It was "so difficult, time-consuming and complex that he could not get to a lot of other items he intended.........."
Really?? Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Upon his inauguration, the 111th Congress (January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011) consisted of:
Senate: 57 Democrats, 2 Indepenents (caucusing w/Democrats) & 41 Republicans.
House of Representatives: 255 Democrats & 179 Republicans.
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23rd, 2010. So for fourteen (14) months he had to "devote enormous effort" with an overwhelming majority of Democrats in Congress to get Obamacare passed. Come on, do you really believe that? Obama then had another nine (9) plus months with that same overwhelming Democratic majority in Congress, to get any of those other "items" he wanted passed. Where was any "Republican obstructionism" during those twenty four (24) months?
No, the President is in over his head and he always has been. His failure, even with two years of domination over the Congress, of not being able to keep his promises, is his fault, no one else's. Even now, his party controls the Senate & Executive branches. As much as I, and many, many others, looked forward to his Presidency with hope, he has failed and is not the same man he promised to be in 2008.
Failure should not be rewarded, it is time for a change.