2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThis Jay Carney assertion
that Obama wants Hillary is totally disturbing.
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)referring to, in that the Clinton campaign, feeling the pressure, asked for them to say it.
But of course he supports her.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)I would have called it completely expected. She's basically been running claiming to be his third term, 'protecting his legacy'.
He's a centrist, she's a centrist. No surprises at all.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)This is Obama putting his thumb on the scale.....that disappoints me.
Merryland
(1,134 posts)and it's disappointing to see it in such flashing neon lights...
Arazi
(6,829 posts)i just saw it as quid pro quo for Bills endorsement in 2012
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Unless the TPP is even a bigger deal to him than we thought.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)earthshine
(1,642 posts)ACA - warmed over republican health insurance. A giveaway to the insurance companies. And now, they are all raising the rates.
TPP - The clearest indication that Obama does not care about the working class.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)It pleases me greatly.
Gothmog
(145,303 posts)There is a vast difference in how Sanders supporters and Sanders view President Obama and how other Democrats view President Obama. I admit that I am impressed with the amount accomplished by President Obama in face of the stiff GOP opposition to every one of his proposals and I personally believe that President Obama has been a great President. It seems that this view colors who I am supporting in the primary http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-sanders-obama_us_56aa378de4b05e4e3703753a?utm_hp_ref=politics
On one side of this divide are activists and intellectuals who are ambivalent, disappointed or flat-out frustrated with what Obama has gotten done. They acknowledge what they consider modest achievements -- like helping some of the uninsured and preventing the Great Recession from becoming another Great Depression. But they are convinced that the president could have accomplished much more if only hed fought harder for his agenda and been less quick to compromise.
They dwell on the opportunities missed, like the lack of a public option in health care reform or the failure to break up the big banks. They want those things now -- and more. In Sanders, they are hearing a candidate who thinks the same way.
On the other side are partisans and thinkers who consider Obama's achievements substantial, even historic. They acknowledge that his victories were partial and his legislation flawed. This group recognizes that there are still millions of people struggling to find good jobs or pay their medical bills, and that the planet is still on a path to catastrophically high temperatures. But they see in the last seven years major advances in the liberal crusade to bolster economic security for the poor and middle class. They think the progress on climate change is real, and likely to beget more in the future.
It seems that many of the Sanders supporters hold a different view of President Obama. Again, I am not ashamed to admit that I like President Obama and think that he has accomplished a great deal which is why I do not mind Hillary Clinton promising to continue President Obama's legacy.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/who-does-obama-want-to-be-president-219097#ixzz3zoJFKYKh
Didn't Obama just intervene?
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)they're LOWERING THE BOOM on him!!! So much for Democracy!
This only makes me more determined, I'm SICK OF THIS CRAP! THEY don't get to choose for me! If I HAVE to vote for Hillary this time, I will... but after that... See Ya!
plus5mace
(140 posts)And a needed one.
olddots
(10,237 posts)nobody will buy it .