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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
That is certainly true, and even with all that Clinton was able to get welfare reform passed, the minimum wage raised twice, get the tax rate raised, get the Brady Bill passed, get the Family and Medical Leave Act passed, along with a dozen of environmental laws passed and a host of others. There was not this 'resist everything so he fails' attitude going on.
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That's because Clinton was a great president. He reached out and worked WITH the Republicans even though they were seriously trying to fuck him over.
Probably because he had executive experience as a governor.
Obama? To me he looks like what he is... a guy with no executive experience who was in the middle of his first term in the Senate.
He didn't know what to do and he seemed to let Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi shape policy while he was busy playing golf.
And of course Pelosi and Reid shut the Republicans out of everything. They literally did everything behind closed doors and shoved it down the Republicans throat. That caused a divide that is never going to be fixed while Reid is still Senate leader.
Clinton was very hands on. For instance...he sat down and met with Newt Gingrich constantly and more importantly...actually listened to Gingrich and hammered out REAL compromise that was effective and good for the country.
Obama just doesn't have those kind of leadership qualities.
Hell, even Bush was able to get the majority of Democrats in Congress to vote WITH him on most everything he wanted to do.
Obama had a window of opportunity in his first 2 years to really do great things. He fucked it all up.