President Obama's legacy will be determined by how well he stands up to a hostile congress.
It's been a couple of weeks after the election slaughter and I have been thinking about the future. Unlike a lot of people I avoided panicking...for now. According to news reports there was a record low voter turnout so to me this is PART of the reason Republicans got over in the House and the Senate. Another reason is that you definitely have a solid number of people who believe in the Republican agenda. Then you have the racists who foolishly blame Obama for everything. Then you have the stupid who fail to understand that by voting in a Republican congress you are almost guaranteeing at least a year of political gridlock. In the past at least the Democratic majority Senate was able to balance the House. No matter what though the president has the power of the veto. This is part of what will build his legacy.
Since 2008 Republicans, either through ideology or racism, have neither cooperated nor compromised with President. They have essentially made him a lame duck president then blamed him for not getting things done. This is ironic since when Obama uses his executive authority the same congress threatens legal action saying the president is overstepping his authority.
How soon people forget. When Obama introduced the Affordable Care Act Republican voted against it, which is understandable, but never came up with an alternative. It's quite evident the system needed fixing yet Republicans stood strong against the President for their own reasons. Not to better the country. Don't get me wrong. I do not have the so called Obama-care. I have insurance. But I would like my neighbor to have some type of healthcare. From what I have seen regarding the Affordable Care Act I am not overly impressed, but at least people have something. As much as I may not like Obama-care I dislike the Republicans ten times more for not assisting American Citizens.
Barack Obama has a little less than two years remaining in his presidency and he has to do better. By this I mean show some balls. The American People should have not only had the Affordable Healthcare act hammered into their head, but the fact the Republicans wanted to do NOTHING. Republicans should have been SHAMED for their position. The American Public should have had the message hammered into their head that Republicans were only stalling the bill process because of race. If Joe Biden was the president bills would have been passed or at least negotiated. At least more than what we have seen so far. Each Democratic politician who lost in the 2014 elections has him or herself to blame. Instead of worrying about distancing themselves from the president how about blasting Republicans for doing nothing since 2008 except close down the government. Millions of dollars were spent doing everything except tell the truth. Democrats tried to pass laws, Republicans stalled and never offered a counter bill...unless it included an end to the Affordable Care Act.
So the way I see it, President Obama seriously needs to shine up his image. For being Black and for fighting for the Affordable Care Act he has already built up a legacy. If he can stand up to a hostile congress and not back down or cower to people with their own agenda he could go down as one of our greatest presidents.
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