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But you don't need political capital to make a unilateral executive decision? He could have done this after he was already a lame duck. It's not like a presiden
by googlryas 4y ago
But you don't need political capital to make a unilateral executive decision? He could have done this after he was already a lame duck. It's not like a president can undo a pardon.
- dangerlibrary 4y agoGood politicians do things they know will be popular. This isn't always a bad thing. Presidential actions can influence a lot of down-ballot races. For good or ill, both Obama and Biden are politicians, and only took the steps they felt would be popular with their constituents at the time.
- wk_end 4y agoHe'd be expending the political capital of his party. If he felt like this pardon would've made it harder for Democrats to get elected in 2016, that might be a reason why he didn't do it.
- sidewndr46 4y agoWon't someone think of the poor politicians?
- mywittyname 4y agoI want the politicians on my side thinking about how to get their party members elected.
- wk_end 4y agoThe question was "why didn't he do it?", not "should he have done it?".
- andirk 4y agoBecause he didn't want to. Why is this difficult for people to understand?
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoThe entire point of being a hero is unselfish risk.
- vkou 4y ago> But you don't need political capital to make a unilateral executive decision? You need political capital if you make that decision and don't want to be eviscerated in the next election.
- daguava 4y agoHe was already being publicly executed by half the country for wearing a tan suit while being black, he didn't have "old white dude" lines of political credit.
- tsol 4y agoThe first black president making weed legal would definitely be abused in headlines by multiple major news organizations