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Bernie Sanders And Hillary Clinton Are Actually Fighting About Barack Obama
Huffington Post ^ | 1-28-2016 | Jonathan Cohn, Senior National Correspondent

Posted on 01/28/2016 1:29:39 PM PST by Citizen Zed

If elected, she would slog her way through the usual political muck, hoping to realize a progressive vision through a series of hard-fought, incremental victories.

But lurking behind this argument about the future is a dispute that's really about the past. It's a debate over what Obama accomplished in office -- in particular, how significant those accomplishments really are. And it's been simmering on the left for most of the last seven years.

On one side of this divide are activists and intellectuals who are ambivalent, disappointed or flat-out frustrated with what Obama has gotten done. They acknowledge what they consider modest achievements -- like helping some of the uninsured and preventing the Great Recession from becoming another Great Depression. But they are convinced that the president could have accomplished much more if only he'd fought harder for his agenda and been less quick to compromise.

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1 posted on 01/28/2016 1:29:39 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

One thing they whiffed on bigtime 09/10 when they had control of Congress was card check. That would have given unions a HUGE boost.

But Congress p*ssed away all their time on Obamacare.


2 posted on 01/28/2016 1:31:27 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Citizen Zed

Bernie and Cankles fighting over the Kenyan Obungo. I can see the Wookie and Reggie fighting over that POS.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 1:36:28 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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“... It’s a debate over what Obama accomplished in office...”

He accomplished his main goal...He “fundamentally transformed” the USA into a third rate, third world country through chaos, divisiveness, racial discord...


4 posted on 01/28/2016 1:40:20 PM PST by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Citizen Zed

Obama prevented the Great Recession from turning into a quick rebound and ensured that it instead would be a sluggish anemic recovery.


5 posted on 01/28/2016 1:52:15 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Citizen Zed

Sword fight? Hillary would probably win..


6 posted on 01/28/2016 1:54:08 PM PST by rainee (Her)
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To: rainee
"Sword fight? Hillary would probably win.."


7 posted on 01/28/2016 6:07:19 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Citizen Zed
Jonathan Cohn, Senior National Correspondent

Seriously, Like Dude, he's just a 25 yr old Pajama Boi.

8 posted on 01/29/2016 6:08:44 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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