How Weak can one President be?

How weak can one president be? The answer is, ‘very’. When Obama took office he thought to do politics differently. Less acerbic, more cooperative. Good idea I say. So too, did the people who elected him.

The problem with the strategy is one needs a willing partner on the other side of the table who will equally embrace the value. What the president got was ‘team rope a dope’. Frustrating as that can be, more frustrating is the absolute lack of spine on the part of the majority in both houses. With far smaller numbers Republicans would ran their opposition over with out a second thought. Note to self, Republicans do not play nice, and have no intention of doing so.

And now, having slow walked the Democrats to the brink of elections, the end game is here.

Is anything salvageable? The answer depends on how much spine the Democrats can muster, and how quickly.  No plan will succeed without unity. And with out a ruthless single vision of success. Next, Democrats starting with the president and down to the most junior member must have a sense of their own political peril. One might btw, add the peril of the country. Next the entire party needs a whiff of reality. Labels mean nothing at this moment. Calling oneself a Democrat, enjoying the benifits of the majority but voting against the party platform is traitorous.  Pure and simple.