most of his problems can be traced back to two basic blunders, one of which he is still making. first, he tried to do too much too quickly. but his biggest problem was (and still is) delegating too much of his agenda to nancy pelosi (D-People's Republic of of San Fransisco) and harry reid (D-Doddering Old Man).
he should have come out with a stimulus that wasn't so obscenely huge (and it would have been nice if it had actually stimulated something besides liberal political allies) that it tied his hands for the rest of his first term, allowed the economy to recover on it's own (which is will, if it hasn't already), taken credit for it, and then tried health care. it would have put a smiley face on socialism.
the cap and trade vote in the house was just thuggish, and the victims were all democrats. after that, even the house dems were wary of nancy and harry's ludicrous legislation.
Some Obama Promises Must WaitPresident Obama sounded a bit like a weary air traffic controller on Aug. 10, when he was quizzed during a three-way summit with leaders from Mexico and Canada about a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws.
“I’ve got a lot on my plate, and it’s very important for us to sequence these big initiatives in a way where they don’t all just crash at the same time,” the president said in response to a reporter’s question.
While Obama said he expects Congress to send draft legislation his way later this year, the issue, at least for the moment, has been relegated to the back burner.
Triage is a necessity in an administration confronted by a deep recession, with a president who is simultaneously shepherding big initiatives addressing health care, climate change, education and financial regulation.
Obama and his aides understand there is only so much bandwidth to accommodate these efforts — and to complete work on fiscal 2010 spending bills and second-tier issues, such as a proposed rewrite of the rules for student lending.
But that means a large number of political promises Obama made during his historic campaign have been pushed to the back of the agenda. Most, in fact. The PolitiFact.com Web site, which compiled a list of 515 Obama pledges, lists 374 under the category of “no action.”
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