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daredtowork

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20. Good point

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 04:04 PM

Feb 2015

I am assuming the Community Colleges proposal and the SOTU address were widely popular. I'm also assuming President's Obama's current popularity numbers are largely a result of those things and not other things like, say, his support of TPP.

Also, good point about lack of ability to organize large-scale opposition with the systematic dismantling of unions.

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The Bait and Switch [View all] daredtowork Feb 2015 OP

Have you heard about this? fredamae Feb 2015 #1

Here's a washpost article... 4139 Feb 2015 #3

hmm isn't "rationing" usually used by GOP critics...? daredtowork Feb 2015 #4

I think it will incentivize doctors to move problem patients on to somebody else. magical thyme Feb 2015 #10

I can see this daredtowork Feb 2015 #13

On the other hand, some doctors are making a killing out of treating Medicare patients. 1monster Feb 2015 #25

Yep, lack of perspective... daredtowork Feb 2015 #36

News released on same day as Super Bowl daredtowork Feb 2015 #19

It is a good website with general good analysis - This one I slightly disagree with newthinking Feb 2015 #22

Who determines the outcome? daredtowork Feb 2015 #37

HHS Sylvia Burwell is from Walmart so it's not surprising that the plan is to "Walmartize" Medicare Teamster Jeff Feb 2015 #61

Oh dang is that who she is? daredtowork Feb 2015 #65

Good Points Newest Reality Feb 2015 #2

Heh. daredtowork Feb 2015 #5

It's about his legacy BainsBane Feb 2015 #6

Legacy is about what got PASSED daredtowork Feb 2015 #7

I agree that it's about what gets passed BainsBane Feb 2015 #8

Yo! Rip Van Winkle...Dems already LOST congress in 2012. elias49 Feb 2015 #11

Democrats lost the House in 2010 Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #76

That would be the fantasy outcome daredtowork Feb 2015 #12

Politics as usual, for sure BainsBane Feb 2015 #18

Good point daredtowork Feb 2015 #20

Not if a president is thinking in terms of legacy after office newthinking Feb 2015 #26

I am glad he is bringing these things up. But the sceptic in me sees this as Preparing for the after newthinking Feb 2015 #24

He's young, too daredtowork Feb 2015 #42

He did the same with ANWR Oilwellian Feb 2015 #9

hmm, so there's a chance this might be strategy? nt >.> daredtowork Feb 2015 #14

Same old mollifying song and dance n/t whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #15

How come we don't get any actual mollifying daredtowork Feb 2015 #16

I think you've nailed it. Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #17

I'm gratefully surprised that some people were thinking the same thing. nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #21

That's all too often the case with many so-called Dems lark Feb 2015 #23

Red States Can Opt Out Because of a Supreme Court Ruling AndyTiedye Feb 2015 #30

It astounds me this was allowed daredtowork Feb 2015 #39

Trust me, the Phlem Feb 2015 #27

because, you know, he looks good and has a nice family. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #35

If you want free community college . .. PosterChild Feb 2015 #28

...because this "robust" global market... bvar22 Feb 2015 #29

The working classes of the... PosterChild Feb 2015 #31

OK. Have it your way. bvar22 Feb 2015 #32

Right on! And... PosterChild Feb 2015 #58

TPP Graphic daredtowork Feb 2015 #49

I've seen it.... PosterChild Feb 2015 #56

Which should have been discussed more publicly daredtowork Feb 2015 #59

I'll take a look at the critique... PosterChild Feb 2015 #63

The very fact so many interest groups are involved daredtowork Feb 2015 #68

The majority of the American people... PosterChild Feb 2015 #69

This is the elitist way of looking at things daredtowork Feb 2015 #71

That's a traditional political science model BainsBane Feb 2015 #72

we could have free college today, if it were a priority. but we won't, whether engaged in the ND-Dem Feb 2015 #34

It will become a priority... PosterChild Feb 2015 #38

no, it won't. because contrary to the rhetoric and talking points, capital doesn't need a lot ND-Dem Feb 2015 #40

Additional hidden cost to the unemployed daredtowork Feb 2015 #46

Yep the 500 billion is going to the Pentagon instead. nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #43

yep. because everyone agrees we need more war! at least, everyone who 'matters' agrees. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #44

k&r ND-Dem Feb 2015 #33

I wonder if 'promoted free Community College' has been added to that laughable List yet? Marr Feb 2015 #41

So Obama does not care about us, only about his own power and wealth. Sounds like a tea party pampango Feb 2015 #45

He still is a Politician first. Phlem Feb 2015 #47

You're calling me a tea party republican? daredtowork Feb 2015 #48

I'm saying we all disagree with one policy or another but most do not accuse of him of lying and pampango Feb 2015 #50

I'm accusing him of wielding a political strategy daredtowork Feb 2015 #52

"This sort of sleight of hand does involve lying." "That doesn't make me a Tea Party Republican." pampango Feb 2015 #55

So if I don't Go Along then I'm DISLOYAL, Is That It? daredtowork Feb 2015 #57

Of course not. You can disagree with a policy without calling him a liar. We all do it. pampango Feb 2015 #62

As I see it one of the fundamental differencences daredtowork Feb 2015 #64

"I don't like the idea of Obama engaging in the politics of distraction to get a political thing pampango Feb 2015 #66

Let's look at this another way daredtowork Feb 2015 #67

I'm still waiting for him to "immediately re-negotiate NAFTA", bvar22 Feb 2015 #74

Suckers! woo me with science Feb 2015 #79

He has lied in the past. At best he has used deception in the past. NCTraveler Feb 2015 #77

Lies upon lies upon lies. Yes, bait and switch is the corporate MO. woo me with science Feb 2015 #51

Too much training by "PR specialists"? daredtowork Feb 2015 #53

It's what corporations do. woo me with science Feb 2015 #54

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Phlem Feb 2015 #60

Did you see the whopper above? daredtowork Feb 2015 #70

kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #73

Obama has always pulled high favorability numbers from Liberal Democrats. great white snark Feb 2015 #75

I would say those who are calling me "teabaggish" daredtowork Feb 2015 #80

Speech is free. Octafish Feb 2015 #78

kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #81

kick woo me with science Feb 2015 #82