Harsh criticism of Obama from Center Left

[Stephen Fox]

I liked Frank's book on Kansas; but I'm struggling with this one, still thinking it over:

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/20/right_w ... socialflow

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

Bill Maher is not necessarily one of my favorites, but I think he hit it head on when he said that President Obama should have pushed harder for his agenda during the first two years of his term, including a complete reform of health care, rather than the modified version that we now have, meaning the complete and total assumption of it by the government. He also said that he should have more aggressively pushed a lot of other things through, including his plan to tax corporations that move jobs overseas, dropping tax subsidies for oil companies, and raising taxes on the wealthy to levels where spendable income percentages were equalized. Maher believes that would have solidified his support, especially among the groups that are now expanding the Democratic base, like under 40's and hispanics.

Personally, I'd rather see flexible politics, and some give and take. The rigid, ideological stances that are now make many who serve in Congress afraid to think for themselves are paralyzing the government, and allowing it to be bought and paid for by contributors who have a lot of money.