re: #292 engineer dog

“twisting arms,”

lbj was the true zen master of twisting arms in the modern era, and even he had a hell of a time passing the civil rights legislation

and he had much larger congressional majorities, not to mention a gop that still had sane people in it

i give obama credit for doing very well for a moderate dealing with an evil propoganda spewing maching

And that truly is the long and short of it. The Democrats are already in a piss-poor position, so a President riding their asses is not a recipe for success. And the GOP leadership is totally fractured, with Boehner showing moments of sanity before being dragged down by party politics that are being dictated by radicals in the ranks who see “compromise” as a four-letter word. Not to mention he also has to deal with his own Brutus in the form of Eric Cantor, a guy who is quick to rally the Tea Party troops when it appears for a second like Boehner might be willing to work with Obama on anything worthwhile.