From an online discussion (I just love civilized discourse):
Obama is the president. He can only sign the bill the house of representatives pass and send to his desk. Executive branch cannot make the legislative branch do anything they do not want. Clinton tried in 1992. How did that go…..
As for the Legislative branch: If I remember, the Soap went something like this:
GOP: we will block and sabatoge anything important to Obama no matter what
(Senate Dems : kisses Olympia snow’s butt to try and get 60 votes. But apparently party loyalty is more important than the country…)
DEM: okay, we’ll give you this, this and that.
GOP: we will block and sabatoge anything important to Obama no matter what
(Senate DEMS: kisses Bluedogs’s ass to try and get 60 votes.)
DEM: well, alright, we don’t want to be bullies; here’s some more givaways
GOP: we will block and sabatoge anything important to Obama no matter what
(Senate DEMS: make sweetheart deals with BlueDog DEMs from Nebraska and Louisiana… and Leiberman extracts his pound of flesh and blood too making a mockery of the process)
DEM: I see. Well, what if we give up on the most important 93% of the bill?
GOP: we will block and sabatoge anything important to Obama no matter what
DEM: Hmmm. Well screw you.
GOP: Commie-faggot-america-hating-terrorist-liberals! Death panels! Mandatory abortions!
(GOP: Tea Parties and other freaks ORGANIZE. They organize, raise money, Obstruct as long as they can until the next year, spreads propaganda…. and the freaks go out and vote and get their candidate in while the Liberals sit at home and bitch and moan.)
People get the leaders they deserve.
I fear, we the people (as a group) , perhaps deserve this, coz a lot of us did not care enough to pass this piece of legislation.