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Originally Posted by Azure
If by 'reaching across the aisle' you mean appealing to members of the Democrat Party who have a big problem with his bill, than I agree.
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I was referring to Obama's campaign promise to work in a bi-partisan fashion and to include members of the right in on important policy decisions. The fact that he can't unify members of the Dems is pretty bad.
More to what I was trying to get at - if Obama had taken a strong bipartisan approach to immigration (guest worker program, tougher laws on illegals and business owners, border security, total immigration reform, etc...) he would have built up considerable goodwill with both parties. By taking on healthcare, I fear he's handicapping himself for the rest of the term. Clinton recovered in '94 to get re-elected but unless the Republicans throw a lame duck candidate up like Palin, he's not going to have a cakewalk in 2012 like Clinton did in '96.
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Originally Posted by Azure
The Democrats don't have to reach across the aisle in regards to the Republicans. They don't need them to pass this bill.
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I know. I just thought Obama was going to "change" the partisan nature of US politics and had "hoped" that he wouldn't resort to beating a bill through Congress on shear majority numbers rather than bipartisan input.