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In reply to the discussion: Social Security belongs to the American people. It is not Obama's to bargain with. [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)Bill was president, not Hillary. She's not the sum total of her husband.
A good campaign does not necessarily mean good governance. I always thought that Obama was about Obama. Why else assume that you can handle the largest economy in the world when you barely got to the Senate less than 2 years ago? He hadn't been long enough in Congress to have the deep connections that the Clintons have. IMO, Hillary would have been more like LBJ in handling Congress. She had a good rapport with them and had know many of them for a long time. She would have known whose ego needed to be massaged, who need to be cajoled, etc. For everything I've read, Obama doesn't have a close relationship with his own party people. He doesn't call them. Bill would be calling them all the time. Connections are important in DC, you're dealing with a bunch of people who have an overinflated sense of their own importance. Politics is a game and you have to know how to play it. I noticed that from the get go Obama assumed that if he wanted to pass something the Dems would automatically agree to it. Hillary would have known better, getting the Dems to all agree on something is almost a miracle. LOL!!!