Some Defend-President-Obama-no-matter-what-folks here will do anything to divert,

[BainsBane]

70. I'm sure you are right

While I was not on DU at the time, I knew that when Obama was elected he would disappoint many. My aunt was certain he would legalized marijuana. He said nothing of the kind during the debates, and in fact he said the opposite. Others expressed similar fantasies entirely unrelated to anything the man actually said. Here people have expressed anger he didn't immediately end the war in Afghanistan, when in fact he ran on escalating it. While all politicians make and break promises, Obama has been blamed for breaking promises he never made.

As for Warren, I have no doubt you are right. The idea that people can sit back and wait for a presidential candidate to descend and bestow upon them everything they write about online is absurd.

I'll also add I have no idea what people actually want to change in regard to corporations. To say a President supports corporations is to say very little. Can we hear about specific reforms? And why is it that the presidency and the presidency alone is where they must take place? Why can't we all work on doing something about that right now rather than waiting for a presidential messiah?

Meanwhile, the GOP is poised to take control of the Senate and increase their presence in the House. Even if Warren were elected and is as ideologically pure as they imagine, what she could do from the Oval Office is extremely limited. Her powers will be no more magical than Obama's. We need to pass legislation to get much of anything done.

But then I'm a "Third Way" fascist, so what would I know.