So now the talking point is that Obama destroyed chained CPI with his masterful brinksmanship.

[bucolic_frolic]

62. He's like the other Presidents from Illinois

Lincoln bound us to railroad industrialism (he was a railroad attorney
who commanded high fees) and the Northern Manufacturer tariff system
with high sounding platitudes of freedom, equality, and opportunity.

Reagan used common sense Christian values, individualism, and
opposition to government to turn us over to Wall Street Financiers
in ways unseen since the Robber Baron era.

Obama, no mean student of the Presidency or Presidents, seems
to be walking the same tightrope.

He's no FDR. But with GOP obstructionism in Congress, he couldn't
use the government to create jobs, he could barely pass infrastructure
spending. As a leader, he's a compromiser, perhaps because his hands
are, if not tied, tethered.

Or maybe he spent too much political capital on too much healthcare,
catastrophic coverage and universal outpatient being almost sufficient.