Legal Commentary

Delusional About Political Bargaining

By Big Tent Democrat

In his continuing battle to declare President Obama powerless, Ezra Klein writes:

I'm not sure what good it does for progressives to delude themselves about Bush's success in passing pure domestic policy initiatives that easily overcame the opposition of Republican moderates, but the reality is that he saw his initiatives watered down at every turn.

Ezra goes on to recount how Bush, who LOST the popular vote and had only 50 Republicans Senators (until Jeffords switched, giving the DEMOCRATS control of the Senate), had to settle for "only" $1.65 TRILLION in tax cuts for the rich and that he hoisted a Medicare prescription drug program on conservative Republicans who did not like it. To Ezra, this proves that a President is impotent. Wow! What an idiotic post. President Bush, loser of the popular vote, with only 50 GOP senators (later only 49), got through most everything he wanted OVER the objections of his own Party stalwarts. Yep, that proves a President's impotence all right. Ezra confuses the fact that Bush's policies were disastrous with the fact that he actually had the power to enact them. Klein's apologias for President Obama are becoming more and more pathetic. Or delusional. Take your pick.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).