What does President Obama have to lose?

[onehandle]

President Onehandle would be on the floors of the House and Senate everyday, detailing the actions and inactions of individual Congresspeople to slow recovery, prevent job creation, and destroy the 99% and the very foundations of the United States.

[randome]

1. If you rail against something and go nowhere, you are inevitably seen as a loser.

That's why politicians rarely take a courageous approach to anything. I agree more group messaging from Democrats would be a good thing but if it goes too far, and Republican intransigence remains, then it can backfire.

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[Bluenorthwest]

4. Passive, mealy mouthed responses to agressive bullshit attacks are the definition of loserdom

You have it all backwards. Right now the message is similar to the visuals in the first Romney debate, they yell, President looks hangdog and shakes his head then announces he wants to reach out again to the Republicans, who then yell some more, lather rinse and repeat.
The public would embrace and support any attempt to end this deadly cycle. However, if you keep nodding in silence while your opponent calls you an ahole, eventually the lack of response gets read as agreement.
Inaction in the face of action is a poor choice in a two sided battle. 'Let them attack, we will just stand here and apologize to them'.

[aristocles]

2. I believe (I may be wrong) that he needs an invitation to appear before the House or Senate

Separation of powers, don't you know.

[Rex]

3. At this point he should be demanding Congress take action

and then reminding people that for the billionth time, the GOP says NO and FUCK YOU. Remind people that Congress has a 9% approval rating and the people keep electing these bums back into office over and over. And now they just don't seem to work very well together anymore and never wanted to work with the POTUS.

Maybe remind them of how easy the lifted the Sequester on the airlines so that THEY could get home on time. How they seem to be broken and cannot even do their most basic jobs.

Congress is choking us out right now. He could point that out on national TVEE.

He could.