re: #25 Fozzie Bear

He has the veto, and the bully pulpit. Two extremely powerful tools, and he just isn’t making very much use of either. His dispassionate diplomat role will get us little better than falling only halfway to ruin, as if that were some kind of victory. “Lets just give them half the insane things they want and never discuss the necessity of addressing the revenue side of the equation” isn’t a formula for winning elections, and it isn’t good leadership.

What’s he supposed to veto if nothing gets through to him? How do you want him to use the bully pulpit? Is he supposed to hold a national talk every week and slam his fists on the podium every week to get every little thing done? Every politician has only so much political capital. Also, he’s black. The minute he looks angry they will play him off as the angry black man with every dog whistle available. And it’ll work.