Progressives criticize White House, Democrats

Source: Associated Press

By PHILIP ELLIOTT (AP) – 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON — Progressive activists who helped elect Barack Obama president complained on Monday that the administration and congressional Democrats have been too timid and too willing to compromise.

Even though Obama's major first-term achievement — an overhaul of the nation's health care system — passed without a single Republican vote, progressive leaders who gathered in Washington criticized the president for failing to create a government-run insurance option to compete with private industry.

They faulted Obama for the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the slow pace in repealing the ban on gays serving in the military and last year's economic stimulus package, which they described as inadequate at $787 billion. They also criticized his handling of the Gulf oil spill.

"The White House has been an uncertain trumpet," said Robert Borosage, a co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, a progressive organization. "The administration's reforms were too often too timid from the start and too readily compromised along the way."

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It's about time.

"THEY," being who ? I'm a progressive and don't agree w/ any of Bob B's bullshit. So does he speak for all of us now ?
Is there a summit of progressives going on that I hadn't heard about ?

Where does this nonsense come from ? Oh, AP.. should have known. :evilfrown:

and too willing to compromise?

and I do think he has been too willing to compromise with republicans. He does not seem to understand that their only goal is to bring down his presidency. I appreciate all the may things he has accomplished but most of them have been done without any help from the other side so I have been very frustrated that he keeps talking about bipartisanship.

However, overall, I think he has done a great job, except for Afghanistan which I think may ruin a great presidency if he does not get out quickly.

It's the America's Future Now Conference http://www.ourfuture.org/

Too bad the OP hit piece didn't didn't contextualize what was being said.



Wow ! what a novel concept....progressive actually getting off their asses and doing something other than spreading rightwing media spin. :evilfrown:



Hmmm, "those more EAGER to challenge Obama." seems to indicate not all took that position. BTW, I consider Darcy a friend and a true progressive who will not appreciate the tone and deception of the headline.



My my,,,,,



Wow...hard to understand the "consensus" implication of the headline or the placement (LBN) of this hit piece. :shrug:

...and being one is not the same thing.

:rofl:

what a silly thing to say

...you knows it when you sees it.

He threw the progressives under the bus trying to pass his "bipartisan" health reform. Again, the people who got him elected he threw under the bus to get his window dressing reform passed.
Oh, yeah and the financial reform,.....cough, cough, sucks, cough.
And that's the just the tip of the iceberg.

Timid..????...????

I can think of a whole lot more colorful words than "timid".

-p

and the Republican ticket. I'm sure you'll get everything you want within a few days of the election. :evilfrown:

Whatever,

Dude signed up for this, and he campaigned on change not capitulation. On his acceptance speech when he spoke of bipartisanship, I knew we were fucked.

Does that mean I'm voting republican, as if.

Let me know when your done fucking up your profiling.

-p

If all you can do is dangle out the prospect of someone even worse winning the presidency in 2012.

Obama is not a joke, I think he's in over his head. How can anyone be prepared for the multiple crises happening currently. Do I think he could have done better, hell yes. Bipartisanship, fine, cover it in bipartisanship. That is the way our gov. is supposed to work. Reality, no fucking way when it comes to the R's. I'm not a constitutional scholar but....wtf. Your they're bitch 24/7. So when it comes to bipartisanship, it's pretty much an admission for not getting anything done. Do I want someone worse in 2012, F*ck no! I want someone better! I DO Not Vote Against My Best Interests!
I Vote FOR My Daughter's Best Interest! That surpasses R's or D's, and it means Hyper Vigilance!

I want Obama to succeed, I really like him, but the ball's in his court and it's time for him to take a stand! Which is the complete opposite of what he's doing right now. He needs his base, it's time to take his foot out of his mouth and start listening and doing for the progressives. Anything else is his own doing and his own downfall.

-p

The golden rule of politics is: Reward your friends, punish your enemies.

Republicans get this - when in power they stock every available federal seat with one of their buddies, and have no problem going after their own or anyone else for speaking ill of St Ronnie. But the Democrats don't seem to understand this principle, and I don't understand why. Time after time Obama & the Dems have not only failed to reward their allies, they've routinely thrown us under the bus in the name of "bipartisanship," a concept his opponents openly scoff at.

As a liberal & progressive, I'm tired of being told to sit down & shut up by the guys I voted for so they can appease the minority who lost in '08 & '06. It's getting annoying.

Funny how these sorts of posts get reposted every hour or so.

Dammit!!

Everything's a Nigerian scam I tell ya...

No offense to Nigerians, our business almost fell for one...... in Nigeria.

.......

We almost need a democrat_vetting_underground.com so we can filter the BS from our perspectives.
and weed out the pro corp's or "Blue Dog" dem's.

-p