Right-wing obstruction could have been fought: An ineffective and gutless presidency’s legacy

[KoKo]

298. What a time it has been...So Much Hope for Change after Bush Years

Rise of the Netroots...Activism ...Growing the Blogs and Websites and being INVOLVED FOR THE CHANGE!

Air out of that BALOON....

I don't know about Obama. I think that History will be a long time taking to figure out what we've been through and what Obama was all about.

We might not see the consequences of his "Laid Back Style....that allowed Corruption to Go on and Prosper....until it doesn't or didn't and his dealing with Cheney/Rumsfeld/Neocon influence and the consequences.

I think he's a "placeholder" and what comes after him might be his legacy in retrospect.

By "Doing Little" but slightly modify while continuing the Bush Corp that was in place he might end up looking like a Savior because his administration pointed out how badly devastated our Congressional Governance had become and how the MIC/Entertainment Oligarchy had managed to Control Us All.

He might end up a Great President because he presided over the Revelations of All of this by just enabling what was Already in Place while firmly keeping a lid on more shenanigans going forward. IOWD's ....he put a lid on what had gone before but did little to reform or promote legislation that would stop it moving forward once he was no longer President.

Obama has kept his hands clean...while the pot was boiling and when it overflowed a grabbed a sponge, sopped up the bits of overflow..and and turned down the burner just a notch. But...it isn't over.

I don't know if anyone else at this point in our History...could have done Better or Worse than Obama...but, I suspect all would have been WORSE and that he was the Best we could expect given how far things had gone with the the unfettered Corporate/Military Control we live under these days through decades of Deregulation.

He's the best we could do... And...much is not his fault...but those who brought him to power for not Backing Him Up. imho....for what it's worth.... I can't be too harsh on him when it is his Dem Backup that FAILED HIM....if there ever was any Dem Background that mattered.