it all seems so easy from the arm chair yes?

he has yet to stand firm against anything. all the Republicans have to do is threaten to blow something up, and he caves.

it's government-by-extortion. They might as well just kidnap his daughters for ransom money.

Compromises are supposed to mediate policy to the center. Instead, Obama gives GOP *all* they want in return for not wrecking economy again.

this is how it works

yes, well it's hard to negotiate with extremists using terror-tactics, especially when they got elected to office.

Especially when you're on the same side.

Obama won because he's not Bush, turns out he's a moderate-conservative, but he's definitely not on the same side as these loons.

He's a corporatist. He knows who he serves. It's not people who aren't rich.