Right on target, us usual, Mr. Blow; I would only add maybe Obama figured he needed to make a show of cooperating with the Republican and Blue Dog intransigents the first year, and now he’ll bring down the thunder – one can only hope.

Oh, if only Obama could just do it himself! Darn the Republicans for wanting the President to actually consult with them, and getting upset when he lies about asking for their opinion! Darn fellow Democrats who dare to disagree with other Democrats, and don’t follow in lockstep behind the President! And darn the American public being against so many of Obama’s “plans!” They’re the worst of all!

This whole “democracy” thing is started to get to be a real headache!

Ugh.

“Getting America back to work.” Unfortunately, EVERYTHING Obama has done, and everything he says he wants to do, are designed to hurt business and destroy jobs. His policies are a do-over of every mistske made by Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter, and he learned nothing from Bill Clinton except to take good care of Goldman Sachs.

If Republicans are united in opposinig Obama’s agenda, it might be because they do not want to share the blame for his mistakes.

As soon as he realizes Republicans have no interest in bi-partisanship, that they are only interested in furthering their agenda and stopping his, the sooner he can get down to work. It’s too bad he didn’t recognize it when it became painfully apparent last summer with the lies of the Republicans, promising bi-partisanship on the one hand, lying about the President’s legislation on the other (i.e., Chuck Grassley). The whole “democracy” thing only works if it’s components are not defective – and the Republicans aren’t just defective, they’re intentionally screwing up the works. As far as Republicans being blamed for mistakes, they have earned the lion’s share of that responsibility in the last decade.

I guess as with an array of other (all) issues conservatives create the strawmaen and red herrings to beat incessantly instead of debating the merits.

It is intellectually dishonest and below to claim that Republicans weren’t even consulted on heath care, that the whole concept of democratic debate is being violated, in spite of the facts in evidence that Obama and the weak-kneed Dems in the Senate practically turned over health care reform to six Republicans in the Senate – all for naught; and that the bill out of the house contains 72 Republican amendments.

And so it goes with the intellectually bankrupt Republicans and Blue Dogs, and misguided adherents posting here, that would rather trade insults and misrepresent facts to protect their failed ideology than solve what ails America.