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Hope is a powerful political tactic. Obama used it and got elected. However, Obama proved to be ineffective. Will Obrigon be effective? Who knows? Effectiv
by oldmancoyote 8y ago
Hope is a powerful political tactic. Obama used it and got elected. However, Obama proved to be ineffective. Will Obrigon be effective? Who knows? Effective is much harder to do than hope.
- wahern 8y agoObama was ineffective because the GOP, which controlled both Houses for 6 of his 8 years, had a _deliberate_ policy of obstruction. Even after veering right and trying to placate the opposition, they still held firm. But before he lost Congressional support he delivered on a landmark healthcare bill which were by any accounting far reaching and revolutionary--for better or worse, depending on your policy preferences. So the pertinent questions would be 1) how much political power will Obrador enjoy, and 2.a) how committed and 2.b) how effective will the opposition be? I'm not familiar with the structure of Mexican governance, nominal or real, so I wouldn't venture a guess.
- masonic 8y agothe GOP, which controlled both Houses for 6 of his 8 years False. They only controlled the House for that time. This is a very basic fact to get so wrong. What is true is that he was the only President in a generation who controlled both houses and had cloture majority (60+ in the caucus) in the Senate all at the same time. He never "veered right" in any way.