Matt Stoller's new article hits the nail on the head

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Monday September 05, 2011 · 9:59 AM PDT

2011/09/05 · 09:59

Matt Stoler's new article is titled "What Democrats can do about Obama" and is one of the best pundit articles I have written all year.

http://www.salon.com/...

To sum it up first, he talks about how weak the Democratic party has become under Obama. Democrats were at the top of the world in 2008, with big majorities in the House, Senate, and governorships and most state legislatures. Once Obama became President and started all of his "lets work together with Republicans" BS, it all came apart.

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Friday September 02, 2011 · 6:50 PM PDT

2011/09/02 · 18:50

I have long believed that Obama purposely lost Democrats the House in 2010. He figured that John Boehner and the Republicans would be a good target and help him get reelected in 2012. It worked for Bill Clinton to run against a Republican Congress in 1996, so Obama figured it would work for him too.

Obama seemed to purposely make gaffes in 2009 and 2010 and had Democrats push through a horrible cap and trade bill in the House which never had any chance of passing the Senate.

If you look closely, he barely lifted a finger to help Democrats in 2012. George W. Bush raised money for Republicans in 2002 and 2006 and had an entire midterm election strategy. All Presidents in recent memory have had strong midterm election strategies to help their party. Not Obama.

Edflugan

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Thursday September 01, 2011 · 4:51 PM PDT

2011/09/01 · 16:51

Democrats are in serious danger of becoming a Presidency only party like Republicans were from 1968 to 1994. As you can see from the Clinton and Obama years, having the White House but not control of Congress is completely worthless. Republicans in Congress essentially strap strings on Democratic Presidents and control them like a puppet.

Democrats are in serious danger of being shut out at the Congressional and local level.

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