And I for one am happy to see something out of him. I've respected BillD's opinion on this forum for years and I never felt Obama was stupid but I really did believe he lacked balls. In the past few months I have been encouraged to see him growing a pair. Where I disagree with Bill is that I don't think this has been some scheme of his but that he has finally come to the point where he is forced to do what has to be done. Did he know what to do all along? Sure. He couldn't seem to understand or was surprised to see it wouldn't work.
The man has always known what he was up against and I'm sure he wanted to make it all a bit easier and friendlier. If anything I think he figured Americans would appreciate him for trying to satisfy all sides.
Maybe in another time........
When he ran up against the true hatred he got from the Repub side of the place he tried even harder to be accomodating and that was a huge mistake. What he got for those efforts was a lack of respect and a backlash of the GOP resulting in the friggin' Teabaggers and Grover Norquist and his gawddamn pledge. Now he has gotten the right message going by putting it all on the table and showing the strength the office can have. He's shown more gumption on this than I thought was capable and I am beginning to believe he will stand by what he has pledged to the people of the country.
If in the process he kicks Grover in the balls, nothing would make me happier.....unless he had Cantor, Boehner, and McConnell, bent over too. I salute Barack and his new balls!!!!!