Do you think President Obama will fight to preserve New Deal policies?

[polichick]

Poll question: Do you think President Obama will fight to preserve New Deal policies?

Or do you think he agrees with undoing some of them?

Considering the chosen leaders of his debt commission and the payroll tax holiday, which makes an attack on Social Security that much easier, I am not sure that the president disagrees with dismantling parts of the New Deal. As laughingliberal suggested on another thread, maybe this has something to do with austerity measures pushed by the G-20.

What do you think?

(For the sake of the country, I hope my doubts turn out to be unnecessary.)

[mazzarro]

1. Given a chance, he may undo all of it, IMO -- n/t

[mikehiggins]

5. The best possible time to do away with the GOP and this guy

is blowing it, big time.

IMHO, Obama, it turns out, stands for nothing and a politician who stands for nothing will put up with anything.

[niceypoo]

2. Driving liberals, left wingers, progressives and traditional Democrats away

...away from the Democratic party will UNDO the New Deal.

[Dinger]

3. He's Like A Bull In A CHina Shop

Jesus Christ

[Enrique]

4. he says the American people don't want the New Deal

Obama promised on 60 Minutes to prove before the 2012 election that he's not a New Deal liberal:

(...)

But necessity created circumstances in which I think the Republicans were able to paint my governing philosophy as a classic, traditional, big government liberal. And that's not something that the American people want. I mean, you know, particularly independents in this country. But I think most Democrats and Republicans, they want a government that works, but they want one that's lean. One that's not wasting money. One that is looking after their interests, but isn't engaged in a whole bunch of giveaways.

And I think the Republicans were successful in creating a picture of the Obama Administration as one that was contrary to those commonsense, Main Street values about the size of government. And so, it I think it is fair to say that, you know, the American people don't want to see some massive expansion of government. And I think the good thing is that having gotten through this emergency, I think what people will see over the next two years is probably a better reflection of the kinds of long term priorities that I want to set for the country.

(...)

[polichick]

6. I guess you could say there are a few "dogwhistles" in that quote...

Thanks for posting it!

[dave29]

7. stop bringing up race, poli.

Even your own poll wasn't about race. Why are you itching on this subject?

[polichick]

8. "Dogwhistles" aren't always about race - try again. nt

[polichick]

9. 26 to 0 - even those with endless excuses think the prez is okay...

...with dismantling New Deal policies.

[doc03]

10. I don't trust Obama to fight for anything other than

getting re-elected.

[nosmokes]

11. and he's fucking that up like the public option...

which, from where i sit it's just as well. i mean seriously. who the fuck needs another DLC/'new democrat' GOPosse rubber stamper? if i wanted a corporate CEO in the oval office i woulda voted for a real one like forbes.

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[harun]

13. Austerity would bring debt reduction. This tax plan is massively increasing the debt.

If a European country did this the markets would go nuts. They know the U.S. doing it will just mean they print more money, make everyone's savings decrease in real world value, then have their labor even cheaper.

No European country would get away with that, the people would sack the gov't. Here in the U.S. the people think it is good because they are so dumb.