Sunday, April 21, 2013

Wuss in the pulpit

Maureen Dowd has the obvious reasons why President Obama couldn't get any gun proposals through the Senate.
It’s unbelievable that with 90 percent of Americans on his side, he could get only 54 votes in the Senate. It was a glaring example of his weakness in using leverage to get what he wants. No one on Capitol Hill is scared of him.
Even House Republicans who had no intention of voting for the gun bill marveled privately that the president could not muster 60 votes in a Senate that his party controls.
President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that’s not how adults with power respond to things. He chooses not to get down in the weeds and pretend he values the stroking and other little things that matter to lawmakers.
If he hasn't learned his lesson in his first four years, the next four will bring similar flops.

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