tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2114903381947649401..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Q Day LeftoversJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-82534900505299124222011-07-13T09:01:51.018-05:002011-07-13T09:01:51.018-05:00It's difficult to judge whether Obama and Clin...It's difficult to judge whether Obama and Clinton were actually worse negotiators than Bush I or Bush II. However it is certainly true that there is a large difference in how Democrats and Republicans have acted in Congress to a President of the opposing party. Democrats didn't try to take hostages when the debt limit needed to be raised under Bush nor did they require 60 Senate votes on every single one of his appointments and bills. That Obama has to overcome an opposition party that acts like that may well make him appear to be much weaker than he would seem if Republicans acted like they did decades earlier.Ron E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-77833607132642891232011-07-12T19:48:15.004-05:002011-07-12T19:48:15.004-05:00Thanks for addressing my question! I agree that a ...Thanks for addressing my question! I agree that a new jobs program is out of the question and would be bad politics. My thinking was more along the line of the President strongly arguing that irresponsible cuts would cost jobs and increase the threat of a second recession. <br /><br />I wrote a speech I thought he could give, which you can read by going to the google profile this comment's posted under. I'd love to know what you think about it. It's partly influenced by your post Friday, so thank you!David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447727084529361439noreply@blogger.com