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[–] Ensign_Crab 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Could you imagine?

We had a Democratic supermajority and a Democrat in the White House at the time. If it ever stood a chance of happening, it was then.

And it wasn't even considered.

[–] themeatbridge 2 points 11 months ago

Obama was a cool guy, but he wasn't a progressive leader in the party. He couldn't get congressional democrats to agree on pizza toppings, and the GOP was in lockstep to obstruct anything Obama or the democrats wanted to do.

They also illegally held up senate confirmations, and then Kennedy got sick and died. It was still a missed opportunity for some genuine leadership. Sadly, Obama seemed to be suffering under the delusion that bipartisanship would be at all possible.