Re: [Pen-l] "Has Barack ObamaÃââs presidency alreadyfailed?"

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sandwichman wrote:
> 
> Presumably a nationalization of the banks would require legislation,
> not just an executive order, and the constitutionality of either
> legislation or an executive order would be challenged to the
> conservative supreme court. Maybe it's the system, not BO's presidency
> that is failing.

A number of overlapping "systems" seem to be failing, but this does not
quite let obama off the hook, if we remember TR's description of the
presidency as a "bully pulpit." There are no systemic or constitutional
barriers to his speaking the "truth" as he sees it. But I agree with
Marvin: It isn't opportunism or timidity or expedience but inner
conviction which is governing Obama's words and deeds. I have always
claimed that the DP is principled, courageous, and intelligent.
Courageous in that they (or the core leaderhip) prefers to lose
elections rather than violate principle. It's just that their principles
are  disgusting.

Carrol

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