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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:54 PM Original message |
What would you have preferred Barack Obama had done differently? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd have preferred Lieberman to have done differently |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Are you suggesting the President is powerless? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. He is powerless to enact legislation when there aren't 60 Senators willing to vote in favor of it. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. He cannot bring any pressure to bear on any Senator ...? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. He can certainly bring all the pressure he wants to bear on any Senator he wishes. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Evidently the veto pen is out of ink too. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The veto pen is useful when the state of affairs with a veto is better than the state of affairs |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I was speaking in general terms |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I think he will be using it in the future |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. With Derp as Minority Leader in the Senate and Agent Orange in the House.. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. 51, hell, 50 plus his Veep will do it. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Jesus on a trailer hitch! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No need to get your bowels in an uproar... |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. ROFL |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yeah, look at all the exclamation points? |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. They are right |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Who said he was a "king"? |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Removing Byrd's dual-tracking system would have stopped ALL Republican offensive |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. If he had done just two things it would completely change my opinion |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kicked and Recc'ed and it stayed at "zero" |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. recc'ed, it's edging into the positive. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. He should have been realistic in dealing with rethuglicans right from the start. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd have preferred he broke his promise to escalate the lost war in Afghanistan. |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not retain Bush officials at the top of the military and financial bureaucracies. (nt) |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Time ,power and get a grip |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. 'They would kill me and my children" |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I would have preferred all of those things and more |
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egoclothes (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not only Repubs but Dems included in much |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here is something he did do |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Laughable. That is a PR bandaid on a corruption game they've happily exacerbated. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. "I genuinely hope you weren't sincere. " Yes, I was. |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not put all those Clintonista's/Wall streeter's in his brand new administration. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. yes |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. What I wrote here right after the election... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think the probs all started with giving Bush and Cheney a free pass. That |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wielded his mandate like a sack of doorknobs. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not only that... |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Keep in mind though that nearly all Republicans DID oppose EVERYTHING Obama asked for, even |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. There's lots I'd prefer, but..... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. not gone out of his way to keep us in the Middle East |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes to all |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
33. Large wide spread alternative energy programs |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. No bank bailouts, get rid of the Financial Services Modernization Act, reinstate |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. I would have liked it if he had launched an |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. Immediately end the wars of aggression |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. I would have preferred he paid my mortgage and car payment. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. He should have resigned the day after his inauguration. |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. Better communications out of the White House |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. What was the point of your asking if the only possible |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. In this order: |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Good openers. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. Badgered the Blue Dogs to give ground to the Progressives instead of |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
53. I would have preferred that, after his asking us to hold his feet to the fire... |
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