dowd splattered it with wrongness. she said the vote wasn't about obama, but gullible voters. she said they were able to suede americans that the couple in the white house was not american enough, too communist, too radical, too great society. wait, you forgot too muslim and too kenyan. she missed the point of the election and so did obama. i paraphrase, "america wants us to act and not stand still. maybe it is me, i think it is the reverse. i think americans don't want him to act and they would like him to stand still. president obama is the most successful progressive politician ever. he passed healthcare reform which clinton could even do. you have two judges on the supreme court. you have a pile of other left wingers calling them czars. he passed the stimulus and nearly got cap and trade through. my point is there were no road blocks, no gridlock because there were no republicans. back in 2008 that party was more damaged than charlie