Look, I understand why progressives are mad. We voted him in hoping that he could
come in and clean up the system especially with a Democratic super majority. An anti-Dubya if you will. We also wanted to see a visible fighter after the last horrible 8 years. Due to the circumstances he becomes the great compromiser which has made everyone unhappy with him.
What we got was a cold hard reality slap.
The economy was in a melt down and we had a new inexperienced President who had to depend on some of the very people that helped blow up the financial system to save it. He also had to step into 2 wars of which he could not just pull us out and abandon the people or Pakistan's nuclear threat. Not to mention the constant terrorism threats, and Japanese nuclear meltdown, Middle East meltdown and BP environmental disaster, Citizen's United, and, and, and..
The worst of all, an obstructionist Republican minority government that captured the Senate by their own domestic terrorism. Also he had to deal with Dinos in the senate that did everything they could to protect their corporate backers. (He never truly had a super majority in the Senate despite having the 60 Democrats for a few months.) To top it off, this stupid country voted in this crazy House majority.
I understand why Republicans want to bring him down. Purely a power driven agenda. Nothing else matters. Any excuse will do whether its the deficit, teapartiers, taxes, military, wars. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it stops Democratic agendas and especially this President.
So my question is, if we can keep him for another term and actually get him a real Democratic super majority this time, do you think he will be able to steer back to at least the middle ground if not back towards the left? What if he could put his pragmatic style to good use in dealing with true Democratic majorities? Possible?
Accomplishments despite the odds: Stimulus to slow down recession, HCA reform, Dodd-Frank reform, auto industry save, START treaty, repeal of DADT, Food safety bill, 2 excellent Supreme Court Justices, and, and, and......... Absolutely none of them were perfect but more than has been accomplished in the last 30 years. If you try for 10 things and get 2 of them, you are still ahead by 2 as long as you are able to hold your ground.
We have lost so much to corporate interests already. Don't we want to at least try to get him a decent playing field?
UPDATE: For those who think someone else would better, Who? (Keeping in mind the current circumstances.) Thanks.