- Aug 24, 2006
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I would agree that Obama often does not take a strong position, deferring some of the heavy lifting to other party leaders. The thing is, people criticize him for not leading or putting out strong positions - and those people would be the first to rip them apart and be critical of those positions - and he would be publicly attacked by the talking heads that dominate our political discourse for many people these days.
But if the point is, he should take a stronger public position - I agree. I think he's losing support from his own party and supporters.
The guy tried to take a strong position right off the bat with healthcare and his very own party shit in his face. Not saying you Chad but a lot of guys get on Obama but realistically how can u do anything when u are dealing from the position of weakness? That is the difference with the two parties. It only takes one sentence from Republican leaders to get every Republican on the same side of a vote. Now the Dems have most of them on their side but just enuf on their side to screw up everything. If Obama didn't compromise nothing would have gotten done. To me that would have been the way to go. Just let those five or six Democrats screw up everything and let the public see it. Unfortunately i think only about 10 percent of the nation even cares about politics.

