That's it, Genie. A sad situation indeed! Obama really had no chance against those vested interests, whatever it was that he originally had in mind.

People are under the false impression that a president runs the country. That he's in charge. He's not. He's like the headwaiter in the restaurant, there to meet the public and represent the establishment and present a good face, but it is the owners of the restaurant who tell the headwaiter what to do and not do...and they can terminate his employment and get a new headwaiter if his performance does not satisfy them.

The public doesn't get to vote for the owners of the restaurant. the public doesn't even know who they are! The public just eats whatever the restaurant is willing to serve them, that's all. And they pay for it.

If it's the only restaurant in town....well...that means you have to eat what they put in front of you, doesn't it? Or you can go hungry...