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[LiberalAndProud]

5. To be honest it bothers me very much.

After watching this latest debacle on the Hill, I am pointedly aware that the tools afforded Obama are few. The House went to the brink with this last fight, and they were fighting against their own ideology. Given that, I don't see much hope for implementation of more progressive, more effective means of stimulating our moribund economy. Make no mistake, the defeatist Repubs will place barriers to every path if they think it will make Obama look bad. Fortunately that strategy has backfired on them so far. I hope that trend continues.

I think it's a mistake to put the greatest onus of the blame on members of our own party, with a few exceptions (cough-Nelson-cough.) I look forward to the coming general election campaign for the simple reason that we will again hear about progressive ideals that have had no prospect for success in these last several years. If nothing else, the level of national discourse will improve.

I disagree with Obama on many things. His education policies positively reek, for example. His new free trade deals are horrendous. Even so, his handling of the economy has been stymied by the naysayers thus far. I can't fault him or his fellow Dems for using the only tools at their disposal to try to get things moving again.