Quote:werehawk wrote:Well, a second term president historically has less political capital to spend in the second term. Obama has even less given the fear and scorn the tail wagers in the GOP has for him. I mean look at the immigration and gun control legislation he tried to push through.
Obama's current political capital is pretty tenuous too say the least.
Particularly after the entire Syria issue in which Vladimir Putin gave him a not too welcome way out of the debacle he'd gotten himself into.
Nor does his doing a speech attacking Republicans at the very same time the Navy yard mass shooting was still unsettled help things...
On a personal note, from where I am, the people in the state I work in generally excoriate the federal government. Until they find out they need it's help and they demand full and instant service. Yesterday. Nevermind that service may be not forthcoming because our budget has been slashed.
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