What liberals have never understood about Obama is that he practices a show-don’t-tell, long-game form of domestic politics. What matters to him is what he can get done, not what he can immediately take credit for. […] This is where the left is truly deluded. By misunderstanding Obama’s strategy and temperament and persistence, by grandstanding on one issue after another, by projecting unrealistic fantasies onto a candidate who never pledged a liberal revolution, they have failed to notice that from the very beginning, Obama was playing a long game.
Andrew Sullivan: How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics
He lays out exactly what I’ve been trying to say for a long time, in a better way than I could have ever said it. Very much worth a read - even if you disagree, because it will force you to THINK A LITTLE to defend your own POV.
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Long game > crying game.
Meanwhile, for Republicans, it’s game over.
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Seriously. He had a lot of shit to do, to deal with, everything was not going to happen my magic overnight! All these young people are bitching because they want all the things done right now, but Obama is dealing with 8 years of shit left for him by Dubya. He was never going to be able to change/fix everything in one term. Lots of stuff won’t be done/fixed until after his second term. Things take time. We just need to make sure we are on the right path.
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