16 hr NoAmnestyEVER v He should compromise He "should" compromise, but since he's completely polarized the entire country I doubt anyone will want to compromise with "him". Obama should do the right thing for America and put a gun in his mouth. Nobody respects him, very few agree with him, it's way past time to go. Post
May 13 jeffreyknee v He should compromise Stop using "progressive" like it means what they say it does. It means the opposite. "Progressive" is Orwellian for regressive. Progressive policies cause regressive results. With the exceptions of retirement and racial civil rights, every single "progressive" policy since World War II has backfired and fostered MORE poverty and a shrinking middle class: - GI Bill brought suburban sprawl and white flight from inner cities, leaving them to drugs, violence, joblessness, welfare dependency (= net loss); - Labor union benefits were co-opted by the gov't, making unions obsolete and benefiting everybody (even the unemployed) = net loss; - Interstate highways enabled exur... B1 Post
May 10 harold_lloyd v He should compromise He should be as prepared to compromise if the House teabaggers will show some signs of doing it too. And by 'compromise' I do not mean 'surrender'. Otherwise, he may as well go off and pursue his agenda by non-legislative means. Exec orders, recess appointments,etc. Post
May 9 TerryConklin v He should compromise Obama should compromise since he is on the wrong track. ANY compromise would improve his agenda. Post
May 9 Prime_Meridian v He should compromise It's not so much the socially progressive agenda that I mind as attacks on Bill of Rights guarantees that bother the crap out of me. President Obama needs to stop trying to chip away at the Bill of Rights through Executive Orders and through his apparatchiks, like DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promulgating federal regulations that will gut 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Amendment guarantees. www.jpfo.org/articles-assd03/goa-exec-orders.htm Post
u May 6 2all v He should compromise Right compromise right like when we woke up and then obummer care is just about to be the law of the land here we go wishful thinking Post
u Apr 28 BossTweed v He should compromise Obama's greatest failure is that he refuses reality....."All politics is the Art of Compromise"......only the first far freak "progressive" elitiest President wouldn't want ALL of America's voices to matter. His main mission seems to be leaving America more divided and worst off for him being trusted to be worthy. Odd and very Scary. r1 reply Post
Apr 27 Ryuo v I don't care either way Assuming he can't get a brain transplant, I'd prefer that Obama kept on being as extremist as possible, so we can get through the economic disaster faster. Post
16 hr NoAmnestyEVER v He should compromise He "should" compromise, but since he's completely polarized the entire country I doubt anyone will want to compromise with "him". Obama should do the right thing for America and put a gun in his mouth. Nobody respects him, very few agree with him, it's way past time to go. Post
May 13 jeffreyknee v He should compromise Stop using "progressive" like it means what they say it does. It means the opposite. "Progressive" is Orwellian for regressive. Progressive policies cause regressive results. With the exceptions of retirement and racial civil rights, every single "progressive" policy since World War II has backfired and fostered MORE poverty and a shrinking middle class: - GI Bill brought suburban sprawl and white flight from inner cities, leaving them to drugs, violence, joblessness, welfare dependency (= net loss); - Labor union benefits were co-opted by the gov't, making unions obsolete and benefiting everybody (even the unemployed) = net loss; - Interstate highways enabled exur... B1 Post
May 10 harold_lloyd v He should compromise He should be as prepared to compromise if the House teabaggers will show some signs of doing it too. And by 'compromise' I do not mean 'surrender'. Otherwise, he may as well go off and pursue his agenda by non-legislative means. Exec orders, recess appointments,etc. Post
May 9 TerryConklin v He should compromise Obama should compromise since he is on the wrong track. ANY compromise would improve his agenda. Post
May 9 Prime_Meridian v He should compromise It's not so much the socially progressive agenda that I mind as attacks on Bill of Rights guarantees that bother the crap out of me. President Obama needs to stop trying to chip away at the Bill of Rights through Executive Orders and through his apparatchiks, like DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promulgating federal regulations that will gut 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Amendment guarantees. www.jpfo.org/articles-assd03/goa-exec-orders.htm Post
u May 6 2all v He should compromise Right compromise right like when we woke up and then obummer care is just about to be the law of the land here we go wishful thinking Post
u Apr 28 BossTweed v He should compromise Obama's greatest failure is that he refuses reality....."All politics is the Art of Compromise"......only the first far freak "progressive" elitiest President wouldn't want ALL of America's voices to matter. His main mission seems to be leaving America more divided and worst off for him being trusted to be worthy. Odd and very Scary. r1 reply Post
15 hr NoAmnestyEVER Watch 2016 and you'll understand his anti-colonial mindset. He wants to punish America for what "he" views as sins of the past. B1 Post @NoAmnestyEVER
Apr 27 Ryuo v I don't care either way Assuming he can't get a brain transplant, I'd prefer that Obama kept on being as extremist as possible, so we can get through the economic disaster faster. Post
u Nov '12 Anne v He should compromise He should compromise.He is a narcisstic man who would be king if the people would let him. He may be that as the people who voted for him would love to have him crowned. Post
Nov '12 lawnmowrman v He should fight I oppose much of what is called the progressive agenda. Obama tried compromise. It didn't work. Why continue to try compromise when compromise will not work. Post
u Nov '12 Chrigid v He should fight There is no reason--and never was--for compromising with these creeps. Time to call them out on these figures derived from the CBO on which presidents/parties raised the debt by the greatest percentage: Reagan--186% Bush I------54% Clinton-----41% Bush II-----72% Obama-----23% Post
Nov '12 isis2012 v He should fight He tried comprising and the republicans hardly budged, since he doesn't have to worry about be reelected, it's time to go hard or go home. Post
u Nov '12 GreenLantern v He should compromise All Politicians are Lawyers, if anyone knows anything about Lawyers is that they are Masters of Negotiations. To sit here and think completely one way is a very "Progressive thought process" (you know who you are) He has to compromise, the RICH can pull their money out of America like Argentinians did and watch as their country collapses...what's to stop them? Look what is happening to Hostess....get Educated One-Wayers! Post
u Nov '12 TenFeet2Hands v He should fight We re-elected President Obama, that is official. Now we must stand with him in the fight he must make for us. Post
Nov '12 harold v He should compromise He should be willing to pursue rational and reasonable compromise, but not to sacrifice the principles that got him re-elected. If the House won't go along, then he can try again after the House is taken over by Dems in two years. Then he won't have to compromise so much. Post
u Nov '12 bouch v He should fight As has been stated, he needs to both fight and compromise by working with Congress AND THEY NEED TO DO THE SAME! Why can't rhe Prez and Congress negotiate, talk about issues? They are there to work FOR us, not just for their next jobs or select PACs. Pick you fights. Run rhe country. Work together. Make us, the people, happy we gave you the chance to work FOR us. A representative democracy is a civilization made of laws made by leaders elected to represent us. Do your jobs, we'll do ours. Post
u Nov '12 Hireman v He should compromise Obama claimed he would work with congress. That means compromise, and if he wants to get meaningful things done in this term, he'll do just that. Post
Nov '12 MarkJM v He should compromise Clinton compromised back in the 90's. If Obama moves to the center and advocates compromise from both sides, he will be much more successful this second term. B2 e31 endorsed Post
u Nov '12 bigcam v He should fight He should fight because majority of the American people is on his side. Elections have consequence. B2 r2 replies e30 endorsed Post
Nov '12 PNWest v He should fight Obama tried for the first two years to compromise with the GOP. He squandered away the massive mandate he had in 2008 with little to show for it other than a flawed Healthcare plan. He has to be worried about his legacy in his second term. To do this he push the progressive agenda. B2 r8 replies e26 endorsed Post
Nov '12 RedFloppyShoes v He should compromise But he won't because he is an ideologue. e17 endorsed Post
Nov '12 ir0nw0lfe v He should compromise Obama should compromise. His ideaology should not come before the good of the country. 4 more years of deadlock will only damage everyone. If he shows he can work bipartisanly it would help stabilize the business climate for expansion and give him what he wants most- a successful economy he can brag about his leadership over. B1 e12 endorsed Post
Nov '12 bsking v He should compromise unless he wants his legacy to be nothing but gridlock he will compromise. you see if the goal was simply more revenue you can get there by cutting rates and loopholes. but his goal is revenge. and with revenge as a motive he will simply be encouraging a 4 year battle. and all we will be left with is stagnation inflation more division and scandals. and the history books will write that he was a complete failure. so yeah he'll compromise, after all is said and done it's always been about Barack Obama anyway B1 r1 reply e10 endorsed Post
Nov '12 Zazziness v He should compromise He's always reached across the aisle and tried to compromise. Unfortunately, the Republicans think "compromise" means their way, all the way. I hope they can come to realize that compromise means meeting in the middle or, even better, taking the best of two different proposals. B1 e6 endorsed Post
Nov '12 Lpguy v I don't care either way I don't want the Democrats progressive agenda, or compromise with the Republicans progressive agenda... What difference does it make? Neither choice will address the massive spending, foreign intervention, and eroding individual liberty from legislative efforts like the Patriot Act and NDAA. The people actually reelected Obama for doing the same things they blamed Bush for 4 years ago - this seems to me an indication of a growing complacency or even hopelessness, to wallow in economic misery, rather than actually seek out a separate option a little closer to the Constitution and away from government coercion. r1 reply e6 endorsed Post
Nov '12 MRMacrum v He should fight There is nobody on the Left in a better position to push the progressive agenda at this time. But to think he will not have to compromise something is foolish. r10 replies e5 endorsed Post