Has Obama been a good President, or a poor President?

[DaShi]

Compromising means each side gives a little to get what both sides want. Obama did not blowup the debt deal. The GOP refused to make even the tiniest concession to their god-awful budget. Why not stick with facts, DD?

[giblets]

He's the one that blew up the debt deal negotiations where the GOP House was compromising with him.

Suuuure he did. It's not all hearsay about stuff that happened behind closed doors where the two sides don't even agree on what happened or anything.

[giblets]

I can't believe Obama's had trouble working with people who think he's a Marxist. Says a lot about his leadership abilities IMO.

[Wezil]

Apparently due to Romney's incompetance as candidate, Democrats in Senate and House races are gaining big time. Regardless, I was just talking about the wailing and gnashing of teeth. I'm sure Sloww will rip his tunic in grief as well

Yeah I understand. I'm a huge fan of shadenfreude.


DD - The teapartiers are the least compromising bunch I can remember in my lifetime.

[DinoDoc]

Suuuure he did. It's not all hearsay about stuff that happened behind closed doors where the two sides don't even agree on what happened or anything.

Woodward: 'Gaps' in Obama's Leadership Contributed to Debt Deal Collapse

[DaShi]

Woodward: 'Gaps' in Obama's Leadership Contributed to Debt Deal Collapse

Obama is portrayed as having a distrust of Republicans in Congress. But he came closer to a breakthrough deal over spending and debt with House Speaker John Boehner than many observers thought possible.

Republicans shoulder a share of the blame too, in Woodward's telling. He depicts Boehner's top deputy, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, at times working against Boehner, reflecting the strong Tea Party sentiments in the Republican conference.

"I also make the point that Speaker Boehner was responsible. He never found a way to go to Eric Cantor and say, and have that kind of conversation of a lifetime and say, 'Eric you're the deputy, you're the majority leader. I'm the boss. It's you and me. We've got to work together as a team.' "

DD, as dishonest as ever.

[Hauldren Collider]

Woodward: 'Gaps' in Obama's Leadership Contributed to Debt Deal Collapse

I read that book. It's fairly damning with respect to Obama's mythical leadership.

Apparently, the only person in the Obama administration who was even polite to Republicans was Biden, and consequently every deal was spearheaded by him. It sounds like if it hadn't been for Biden, the country would have defaulted.

[kentonio]

You mean they weren't polite to the guys who were accusing the President of being a muslim Kenyan who wanted to infiltrate the US to bring socialism and Sharia law? Gosh..

[Hauldren Collider]

You mean they weren't polite to the guys who were accusing the President of being a muslim Kenyan who wanted to infiltrate the US to bring socialism and Sharia law? Gosh..

What makes you think any Republicans in Congress actually ever said that? These people actually have to be elected you know.

[kentonio]

What makes you think any Republicans in Congress actually ever said that? These people actually have to be elected you know.

“Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president.”

"What I don’t know is why the President can’t produce a birth certificate. I don’t know anybody else that can’t produce one. And I think that’s a legitimate question. No health records, no birth certificate."

"I am joining several of my colleagues in the House in writing a letter to the President asking that he release a copy of his birth certificate so we can have an answer to this question."

"I personally don't have standing to bring litigation in court, but I support conservative legal organizations and others who would bring that to court. I think that is the valid and most possibly effective grounds to do it."

"I'll tell you one thing, if I was ever to run for president of the United States, I think the first thing I would do in the first debate is offer my birth certificate, so we can get that off the table."

"in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American."

Oh and because not all Republican's are *******s..

Here is what the Republican party needs to do: we have to say that's crazy. So I'm here to tell you that those who think the president was born somewhere other than Hawaii you’re crazy ... let's knock this crap off and talk about the real differences we have.

[Docfeelgood]

POOR!

[giblets]

If he's such a poor president why can't Romney beat him? He was the best the Republicans had to offer. I can't wait for election night