Re: Bernie: Lets try to be constructive. Talk about issues

[JCanete]

183. I totally agree that we needed a fighter at that point in time. I was thinking of the appropriate

use, given the hour we found ourself at, of the bully pulpit as a place from which punches should be thrown. I do grant there were amazing things Obama was able to accomplish in terms of articulating, and I think inspiring, compassion and the best in us, not just nationally but globally. But as you say, he did not fight well. That was partly by early strategy, which almost seemed brilliant to me(shame the republicans into joining at the middle) but it quickly turned out to be a horrible mistake from which Obama and his team did not pivot(until what, 2013, 2014? Turns out the repubs were going to fight tooth and nail on every little bit of progress, because at the end of the day what was the worst that could happen? That very little bit of progress is what. why not fight it. There was no haymaker waiting for them if they stuck their face in too close.

At some point it really does suggest a naivety about the actual political landscape and of just how much money has made rational, honest disagreement, an extinct species, not to mention a failure to appreciate the corporately owned 4th estate as a tool of their corporate agendas.