Voters Think Obama Is Trying To Take Their Social Security, Medicare and Retirement.

[BlueCaliDem]

125. I understand your frustration, but realistically speaking,

how Liberal do you think Sanders or Warren or Grayson will remain to be with this Congress? We need to change Congress if we wan't a more progressive president, but for some strange reason, that appears easier said than done.

One of the first things President Obama did when he was arrived in the WH was sign an E.O. to shut down Gitmo within a year, believing that his fellow Democrats in the Senate would back him up since they'd been complaining about it all throughout their campaigns. Well, when push came to shove, they didn't support him. In fact, they dealt him an embarrassing slap in the face. They not only stopped him from closing Gitmo, but they put strict rules on how he was allowed to remove detainees. It hasn't stopped him from removing them, but it's been a slog.

FDR had a more supportive Congress compared to President Obama, so I understand why progress is so slow with this one. If we're frustrated with the slow progress, can you imagine how he feels?

But let's not forget what he's gotten through so far. The list is long. He's had to be clever in order to get *anything* through, though, like burying the public option in the PPACA, knowing there'd be challenges that would take it to the SCOTUS. But we got it and it will open this October.

You and I will have to come to terms with the fact that this nation is slow when it comes to progress because the majority (unfortunately) fear change. I've always contended, Americans will always do the right thing . . . after every alternative is exhausted.