Originally Posted by Robbie

I see, you're not talking about a budget. You are referring to the "Continuing Resolution" which Congress has been passing to keep the govt. going because the Pres. hadn't submitted a budget in all those years.

I now understand what you were talking about. I wasn't sure what you meant when you said the "budget". My mistake.

And yeah, that's what Boehner did. And yeah...I still say that if Bill Clinton had been President, he would have submitted a budget that was already guaranteed to go through because of his reaching out and working with the other side ahead of time and during the budget process.

Since Pres. Obama didn't even submit any budgets (his constitutional duty), and of course has almost zero contact with Congress 99% of the time...that did not happen.

So you had the Republicans looking to have the give and take compromises on the budget that Bush, Clinton, and every Pres. before them worked out with Congress...but for whatever reasons you want to give: The President (the leader) didn't do his job and get with them.

I'm not Obama-bashing, that's just the way it is. You either bring the opposition to your side, or you fail at that task. And I think that has been the greatest failure of the Obama administration.

As I've already said: He ain't the first President to deal with a VERY hostile opposition party. In the most recent times...Bush and Clinton were freakin' HATED by the opposition.

Compared to that, Pres. Obama isn't on that level of problems with the "other side".
But he just doesn't make it happen.

And in the end...that's what his job is. That's what a good leader does. Getting your own party to follow you is okay. Getting the other side to work with you...THAT is the leadership quality in life. I just don't think he has done that.