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In reply to the discussion: Warren on Obama Admin: “They protected Wall Street. Not families who were losing their homes, jobs" [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)caused by his race and his liberalism....and Wall Street had a lot of influence that was a deterrent to his successes there. He tried in vain to get the wealthy to pay higher taxes.
I recall the shutting down of the government, sequestration, and where Harry Reid had to pull the plug to get people nominated for positions with a 50-51 vote.
I recall Cantor the devil and a few other of the Reps in Congress. I recall the disastrous roll-out of the ACA and couldn't accept that some monkey business wasn't involved, tho it's rolling around nicely now. And the VA Hospital mess that he's trying to fix.
He succeeded where no one else did, and the ACA will be improved.
I heard Colin Powell on C-Span yesterday saying that this country must have Universal Health Care, and he sounded confident that it would come.
Women's rights, trying to keep our boys and girls out of war, begging for a raise in minimum wage, gay rights, etc., so many successes, almost equaled by failures, but not entirely.
And he's articulate. We deserved a President at last who could speak and actually make sense. I am so tired of hearing about his failures without pointing to those who caused him to fail.