Incidentally Nobody, the American people have no opportunity to decide anything directly, other than electing representatives. From that point on, those representatives do whatever they think will produce the desired effect.

The Washington Republicans being a fine example of the tail wagging the dog, are in thrall to the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party, which is actually a pressure group, not a party, but has immense political clout.

Whatever was Obama's desired effect is largely immaterial, as the system is used to block his every move.

And don't get the idea that the Republicans care about poor republican voters, any more than poor democratic ones.

They just DON'T!

In a land where the worth of a man is defined by the number of zero's on his salary cheques, the poor are left to sink or swim. The constant refrain is "I won't pay one penny tax to support losers".

We will never know what improvement Obama's presidency might have produced, had the TEA Party and Washington Republicans cared one jot about the American people, outside of a polling booth, and that is IMHO a national, and in all probability an international tragedy.

Don T.

Don T.