If we give him a MANDATE, he'd better USE IT.

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23. i think the dynamic changes if we actually congres both ends of pennsylvania avenue

obama came in as the first black president, and out of an excess of caution, felt he needed to prove himself a standard establishment president. he's done that, so a strong re-election with control of congress frees him to do more what he thinks is right.

moreover, he's in a position to do some nice things for the left without being overly obvious about it. he can make the health insurance law much more liberal by merely making some amendment, which the right-wing and the media can't characterize as a controversial new program. same goes for some financial reforms, just amend the dodd-frank / consumer protection act.

most importantly, the right has demonstrated themselves to be worse-than-useless partners, and if we win the trifecta and curtail the filibuster, then we don't need them.