Reply #29: I'm 100% in your corner. This is a question I have asked many times, with no answer

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

other than "I'm mad at Obama because he's not progressive". It makes no sense. People wanted to punish Obama in 2010 by doing what? Staying home? Refusing to vote for Democrats at the local and state levels? It makes no sense! Now we have state legislatures dominated by right wing Republicans--who, coincidentially will control the redistricting process. We now have judgeships controlled by Republicans, and three-fourths of all state governorships in Republican hands.

People wanted to "punish" Obama and the Democrats by staying home, then turn around and question why we can't get MORE progressive policies. Again, it makes no sense!!

Yes, what is Obama supposed to do other than make a speech? And please, I don't want to hear any bullshit about how he should behave like FDR or LBJ. Those are illogical points due precisely to the environments that both parties operated under and the political conditions of those times. I've gone down that road many times, and each time, the responses become more illogical.