Reply #16: I believe that's almost 100% true. I believe Obama wanted most of things we prefer to think he [View All]

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"caved" on.

This is a man who knew he would take over the White House in the middle of three wars (Iraq, Aghanistan and WOT, which covers only God know what) and a worldwide economic crisis.

Yet, on being elected, he appointed a Republican Secretary of War, er, Defense and a Republican Secretary of Treasury and soon re-appointed Bush's Republican Fed Head. And appointed Rahm Chief of Staff. Not to mention the rest of his administration is full of DLCers and former Bushbots.

Do we really think he made those appointments because he thinks Republicans and DLCers have been wrong about wars and the economy?

For example, what do you think Geithner, Bernanke, Goolsbee (a former DLC employee) and the rest of Obama's economic advisors said to him about raising taxes on ANYone last December while we were still in the depths of a very bad economic situation?

IMO, it is too bad that he got only one extension of unemployment benefits from the Republicans for that. I think he could have gotten more. But, maybe they saw better than we did that he was doing what he wanted to do AND getting to blame an unpopular move (and broken campaign promise) on Republicans and were not about to give him very much.