Obama To Press Corps: I Can’t Make GOP Cooperate On Budget

[JDPriestly]

23. What does he want to force Congress to do -- cut Social Security -- enforce No Child Left Behind

and bring in more charter schools -- silence dissenters and whistleblowers -- bail out the banks once again -- return to high levels of defense spending?

Maybe if Obama himself really wanted what Americans want, maybe if he really tried to get the legislation and policies passed that he said he wanted during his last election cycle, then maybe he could get the American people 80% on his side and Congress would do what he and the American people want.

The problem is not with Congress. The problem is that Obama is more in sync with the policies that Congress wants than with those the majority of American voters want. Obama can't bring public opinion pressure to bear on Congress because the public does not support quite a large number of Obama's current policy plans.