2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Explains How He Would Deal With An Obstructionist Congress [View all]GitRDun
(1,846 posts)I was not implying Bernie Sanders was fickle. I was saying he pulled the single payer amendment because he couldn't get 60 votes to get it past the fillibuster....and yes it was the Republicans fault he could not get to 60.
I can agree Obama gave up, failed...but then Bernie did too! They didn't have the numbers, and neither tried to organize the masses to overcome the "Republican shenanigans" as you say. No one is fickle. No one is a bad guy. They just could not get to 60.
Given that reality, I think it would be more appropriate to blame Harry Reid for not changing the Senate rules than the President. I also think it's bad strategy, even if he thinks the President is at fault to say so. If it's bad strategy to trash Hillary, it should also be bad strategy to attack the President for a failure both Bernie and the President suffered from.