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In reply to the discussion: Judged now by loyalty to a political leader? No disagreement accepted. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)But it is also allowed to disagree with the disagreement.
What about criticizing Republicans? And the people who elect them? Obama has to deal with the Republican House. Local elections interest Republicans and they get wins there - they at least seem to realize political power in the US is diffuse. Those who think the Presidency is to control everything else are being unrealistic and favoring a dictatorship that doesn't exist.
It's a waste of time to criticize the performance of a Democratic President in dealing with the powers that are not assigned to him under our system. We could have spent that time trying to get Democratic Congress, statehouses, and governorships (which would have avoided Republican gerrymandering to make it easier for them to get the House).