Poll: At Obama's 5-yr point, few see a turnaround

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. It's not just on the political right. I wish it were. He was received hell from the political left

as well. If he's not 100% pure, or if there's ANY issue that he goes astray on or that he's not 100% aligned with the political left on, then somehow he's "just as bad as Bush" or "worse than Bush". If he's pragmatic or nuanced--if he's attuned with the political realities of D.C. politics and is aware of what he faces in Congress and therefore understands that he can't do everything he would like to do. And even worse, that he faces obstacles within his party, let alone the Republicans, then he is blamed. Why can't he be like FDR or LBJ, they ask? That question is totally disconnected with history and with the realities of present-day politics. Many times I feel that the political left is much worse than what we see on the political right. I feel that we are much smarter, much more intelligent and politically savvy than the political right; we ought to know better. We ought to know and understand how politics works. But then I realize that we don't. Why can't Obama just issue an Executive Order and do this and do that? If you notice, I ignore those posts. I simply ignore them because they are devoid of reason. If people don't understand how Executive Orders work or the limitations of E.O.'s versus congressional action, then I have nothing else to add.