Cynthia Tucker: Obama tried too hard to work with Republicans

AJC ^ | October 15, 2010 | Cynthia Tucker

[maggief]

WASHINGTON — Amplified by the right-wing message machine, Republicans paint President Obama as an unyielding left-winger, an unreconstructed liberal who refuses to compromise. The president’s critics have turned the truth inside out: One of Obama’s greatest political weaknesses has been his stubborn — and unrequited — love for bipartisanship.

The president has made some of his biggest mistakes trying to woo a GOP opposition that has committed itself to frustrating him at every turn. If he had ignored recalcitrant Republicans, for example, his health care legislation might have become law without months of damaging political drama.

In an interview last week in his West Wing office, David Axelrod, one of Obama’s closest advisers, acknowledged that the administration had been surprised by the unified Republican resistance to the president’s agenda.

“Well, I think we miscalculated,” Axelrod said. “We had the idea that, particularly in a time of national crisis, there would be more of an inclination to work together.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[madprof98]

It is nice to think that Cynthia Tucker will be unemployed after the AJC loses its last paid subscriber (probably her mom). But in reality, she will likely get a government job—maybe White House communications director.

[csvset]

I thought Obama had a Czar in charge of ( fill in the blank ).

The Czarist system has failed.

[Redleg Duke]

Hey, they stick to the big lie mantra.

[Cheburashka]

are people really buying this?

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Tune in Nov. 2 to find out.

[personalaccts]

she’s worst of and error then Brooks Conrad

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Laughable.

[albie]

Funny how these articles always read like 4-5 chapters, paraphrased, from the “Rules For Radicals”.

[M Kehoe]

The president’s critics have turned the truth inside out: One of Obama’s greatest political weaknesses has been his stubborn — and unrequited — love for bipartisanship.

LOL!

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[MEGoody]

One of Obama’s greatest political weaknesses has been his stubborn — and unrequited — love for bipartisanship.

Good grief. What in the world is Cynthia snorting to make her imagine such a thing. What a strange delusion for a drug addict to have.

[Little Ray]

Cynthia Tucker is dumb as a post and has been reliably wrong on everything for years. She doesn’t even have the stopped clock that Pat Buchanan has going for him - she’s wrong all the time.
Think of her as a Cynthia McKinney with a word-processor.

[wiggen]

Really? I hope you’re correct but it will come down to who writes the history books and as we’ve sen in our education system,who buys the books for school.

[Cymbaline]

So it’s the Republicans’ fault he’s in trouble, when they don’t have the votes to stop a thing. His party has a fillibuster-proof supermajority in both houses!

Those mean, mean Republicans, messing things up for the Messiah from the sidelines!

[indthkr]

"Obama tried too hard to work with Republicans"

"I Won"

[anoldafvet]

What the he!! alternate universe does this idiot occupy?

[Obadiah]

...it looks the Dems strategy is in place for the next 2 years. Obama, the Dems and the media are going to say they want to work together but the evil Republicans don’t want to and are hurting this country.

You can take that to the bank.

[Ditter]

The most liberal moonbat that I know is furious with nobama and pelosi and the others, because they are not liberal enough for him. obozo and the dims have not turned our country into the communist state that he expected.

[Brilliant]

Extremism in the defense of socialism is no vice!

[FourPeas]

Quintessential liberal delusions. When their messiah fails, blame it on the great satan.

[bk1000]

“Since misguided loons elected the nobama America has been in a crisis. However, on the plus side, Americans purchased more guns and ammo, have become politically active and will throw out these anti-American losers over the next few elections. In the longer term the asshat moonbat DIMs have been a good thing as America is retaken by the sane and mature among us. Vote!”

It took Carter to get us Reagan