Difference in how Republicans and Democrats govern

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1. I Would Argue That This Was Obama's Biggest Failing

I think Obama could have accomplished a lot more in his time as President. His problem was that he spent a good portion of his first term desperately trying to reach out to Republicans and get bipartisan approval. And quite predictably, Republicans spit in his face every time he reached across the aisle. This, to me, sums up his first year in office, and a portion of his second.

I would argue that had he taken the George W. Bush, "you're either with us or you're against us" approach from the very beginning, he could have accomplished a lot more in his 8 years. But that's my main complaint with Obama. He was a great President who accomplished a lot, but he came out of the blocks slow because he tried way too hard to be bipartisan with a group of Republicans who were so agenda-drive that they would have all voted no on a "Puppies Are Cute" bill if he had been the one who proposed it. Just imagine how much more he could have done if he had just started ramming things through on Day One.