The liberals are souring on Obama because he hasn’t fought back enough against Republicans, esp. on high profile issues such as Obamacare and the debt ceiling issue.
With Obamacare, the liberals feel they lost their chance for true socialized medicine, as the public option was not included in the bill which passed. And on the debt ceiling, the liberals feel that he should have driven a hard bargain for tax increases as part of any deal.
I think the liberals had some fantasy in their minds of the nirvana of a liberal president. They were enamored of how a liberal president such as Martin Sheen on “The West Wing” solves every problem with a liberal solution, and solves problems in a 60 minute episode.
I guess the reality that a president has to compromise and deal with congressmen of the other political party, and that the American people just don’t support their causes, is hard for liberals to take.
Now, what I wonder is this — since criticism of Obama has been deemed to be racist by luminaries such as Jimmy Carter, does that mean all these good liberals who are frustrated with Obama are racist??????
>> They were enamored of how a liberal president such as Martin Sheen on “The West Wing” solves every problem with a liberal solution, and solves problems in a 60 minute episode.<<
They thought they were getting David Palmer from “24.” They didn’t know they were getting Screech from “Saved by the Bell”