The Republicans, who are a minority in Congress, held the unemployed hostage until they got their tax break for their constituency, their millionaire and billionaire pals. Only then would they agree to allow an extension of the unemployment benefits so those out of work could buy food for their families. Never mind that two thirds of the American people were against those tax cuts for the top two per cent. And don't bother that the Democrats still enjoy a large majority in both houses of Congress. The missing link was the leadership that we expected from our President. Obama has been eaten alive by the Republicans because he is not a fighter. For two years he has been jerked around by a mean-spirited opposition that has sought nothing but to bring him down.
Not only is the country run by a minority, the fact is that a very select group of people decide the domestic and foreign policies of these United States. The Democrats have come to stand for nothing, and Obama's presidency is now a study in compromise, appeasement, cowardice and failure. This was not the hope so many of us felt on Inauguration Day in 2009.
December 7, 2010
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