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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders is and continues to be critical of President Obama [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)How many times have people posted Obama prior support for marriage equality, single payer and his opposition to one issue or another?
The purpose of the Democratic caucus is to push for the strongest policies, and then work to pass the policy that comes close to meeting that ideal.
If you post that Obama supports increasing the minimum wage, it will be attacked as weak and not going far enough. Yet the bill to increase the minimum wage is sponsored by Senator Sanders.
I have no problem with Democrats working to strengthen administration policy. The President's job is not to throw out pie-in-the-sky policies that will never pass.
Look at the budget. By the time it came up for debate, people were using the President's numbers to attack it.
The Senate budget fell short of the amount proposed by the President.