"Obama had a good month, and the media is noticing"

[applegrove]

Obama had a good month, and the media is noticing


by Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/18/1352708/-Obama-s-had-a-good-month-and-the-media-is-noticing

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Despite the controversy and gridlock, however, Obama is getting stuff done. And he's got other good news to tout (321,000 jobs created in November, enrollment on HealthCare.Gov has reached nearly 2.5 million). Now it remains to be seen how long this lasts or just how popular Obama's actions will ultimately be. But one thing is for sure: No one can say the president isn't relevant.

Politico:

Obama feels liberated, aides say, and sees the recent flurry of aggressive executive action and deal-making as a pivot for him to spend his final two years in office being more the president he always wanted to be.

As of Wednesday, that includes doing what 50-plus years of predecessors couldn’t do in relations with Cuba, propelling a generational shift in American foreign policy that could bring down a final remaining pillar of the Cold War. The Cuba announcement follows a post-Election Day sprint that included sealing a landmark climate agreement with China, shielding 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, and reaching a deal that funds most of the government for nearly a year while protecting Obamacare and other top priorities.

In addition to Cuba, Obamacare, the climate agreement with China, and immigration, Kevin Drum points to net neutrality and Russia policy as notable recent high points for Obama. Obama has finally come out fighting—on more than one issue—and it's working for him. More of this, please. (Except for the whipping-for-Wall-Street-bailouts part.)



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[still_one]

1. Some here don't seem to notice either

[upaloopa]

2. They notice those items along with TPP

which others seem to ignore.
When I was born Truman was President.
There hasn't been a Dem president in my lifetime that deserved only praise for the things he's done and none ever got it or ever will.

[George II]

6. And there you go, confirming the post you responded to!!!!

[Cha]

13. Too many don't acknowledge the good that's being done by President Obama.. only venomously

whining.. even on the positive threads.

[mikekohr]

16. A billion RECS nt

[Historic NY]

19. They still want him to hand out ponies.

[Cha]

20. I'm wondering if they think they acknowledge the good.. it will invalidate what they don't like?

It wouldn't. Or else the ODS is just too strong to open their eyes.

[upaloopa]

22. This is America and that is their right

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. +1

[madokie]

4. I'm liking this version of Obama

I support him in whatever he does. He has more class in his little toe than the whole lot of the republiCONs in congress. He makes me proud

[WillTwain]

5. Cromnibus and TPP

cannot be overcome with a few feel good gestures. Believe me, retirees cannot fill their stomachs with relevance.

[George II]

7. Sometimes I wonder if many here at DU should use this as their avatar:

[silverweb]

14. ...

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]True dat!

[FailureToCommunicate]

17. So true, so true. (Great to see Joe Btfsplk again!)

[Bobbie Jo]

25. Or.....

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[FiveGoodMen]

9. Amen!

Some people just never learn.

[Cha]

15. "a few feel good gestures" lol.. Yeah, like the Environment, Immigration Reform Bill, Obamacare,

Jobs, historic beginning of normal relations with Cuba.. These are life changing and yeah we feel really good about it!

Ya know.. you don't have to downplay the good that's been happening to state what you don't like.. it just makes you look ignorant and says nothing about the President's Accomplishments.

[WillTwain]

27. You do not get it

Obama is complicit with the biggest problem facing us today. The country is being gutted by the rich and you want to celebrate his record. I do not deny he has done some good things, but the real guts is in standing up to the rich. He is actively destroying the middle-class. He is not on the sidelines - he is a player.

[underpants]

8. Wow paying attention to the President

Way to go media

[Cha]

10. "The media".. lol.. like it's not their job to notice!.. but, yeah, we are talking about the US

"media"!

Chuck Todd describes him as "an active duck".. I say he's more like ..


Dudette @Dudette9t9
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Two weeks after the mid-terms: I got yer Lame Duck right here. #Badass #POTUS
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http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/20/hump-day-means-laughter/#comment-1194436

mahalo apple!

[applegrove]

11. Hey Cha.

[Cha]

12. Aloha apple~

[Cha]

18. K

[spanone]

21. k&r....

[stevenleser]

23. Pshaw. It rained yesterday. Thanks Obama!

[Stellar]

24. I'm loving this...finally!

Now he can take a nice leisurely vacation. 🏄

[riqster]

26. Good on the POTUS.