The problem in America today is that even the so called left-wing is far too neoliberal (in the capitalist sense, not social) and, therefore, in general goes right allong with the majority centrist ideology of the republican party. Thus any of Obama's reforms seemed even too "socialist" within his own party.
The country is furthermore in the hands of the financial and oil lobbies. Proof of this is found in the fact that Obama's policy toward Wall Street after the debacle was pitifully weak, so too was his inability to quickly pull out of Iraq and lessen the US military's presence in Afghanistan. Since the 70's and 80's the oil and financial lobbies have run America. The president is their tool. And, in the US system, the president has no authority beyond his constitutional limits, so he can only rule with consensus. A consensus that is often very hard, if not impossible to achieve, when policy goes against the interests of those really in power that manipulate the ropes of their political puppets. So much for democracy working. "Change, yes we can" was thus always a rhetorical campaign slogan, nothing mare, and was destined to set people up for great disappointment. I can't believe people could actually have so deluded themselves in thinking otherwise. It's truly amazing how, in the America of today, people can allow themselves to be led by their emotions rather than by reason!
And because of those lobbies running the show and because of a neoliberal capitalist plan to "discipline" workers since the 70's and because of off-shoring American manufacturing also as part of the neoliberal ideology, we have the disaster in the US job market today that Obama, especially given the crisis, has been able to do absolutely nothing about. Not that a republican could have done better, because the problem is "systematic" to the American economic apparatus, and not connected to left or right-wing policy making. For many unemployment has been devestating, and this has been a further point of animosity toward Obama.
Then there are those among the most "liberal" (socially from the left and not in the capitalist sense) who have not forgiven Obama for his ambiguous management of "climate change" and alternative energy (and his impotence before the black sea off the coast of Louisiana) and his failure to close the scandal of Guantanomo. Here again this shows us how much the oil industry commands in America.
On the other side of the fence we get those wacky, bigoted and underdeveloped both civilly and culturally republicans, who also run the Tea Baggers. In Arizona the ex-marine Jesse Kelly is so far to the right that he had accused Palin of supporting too many candidates that were "too moderate." In Kentucky Rand Paul (son of that senator Ron who wants to abolish the Fed) is a praiser of an absolute liberalism (the capitalist type, not social kind) that he had defined the criticisms of Obama toward BP for the black sea as "anti-American" and that one just can't interfere with the free will of Wall Street.
If anything US politics is a circus show, which always keeps us surprised and entertained. At times simply dumbfounded.
The country is furthermore in the hands of the financial and oil lobbies. Proof of this is found in the fact that Obama's policy toward Wall Street after the debacle was pitifully weak, so too was his inability to quickly pull out of Iraq and lessen the US military's presence in Afghanistan. Since the 70's and 80's the oil and financial lobbies have run America. The president is their tool. And, in the US system, the president has no authority beyond his constitutional limits, so he can only rule with consensus. A consensus that is often very hard, if not impossible to achieve, when policy goes against the interests of those really in power that manipulate the ropes of their political puppets. So much for democracy working. "Change, yes we can" was thus always a rhetorical campaign slogan, nothing mare, and was destined to set people up for great disappointment. I can't believe people could actually have so deluded themselves in thinking otherwise. It's truly amazing how, in the America of today, people can allow themselves to be led by their emotions rather than by reason!
And because of those lobbies running the show and because of a neoliberal capitalist plan to "discipline" workers since the 70's and because of off-shoring American manufacturing also as part of the neoliberal ideology, we have the disaster in the US job market today that Obama, especially given the crisis, has been able to do absolutely nothing about. Not that a republican could have done better, because the problem is "systematic" to the American economic apparatus, and not connected to left or right-wing policy making. For many unemployment has been devestating, and this has been a further point of animosity toward Obama.
Then there are those among the most "liberal" (socially from the left and not in the capitalist sense) who have not forgiven Obama for his ambiguous management of "climate change" and alternative energy (and his impotence before the black sea off the coast of Louisiana) and his failure to close the scandal of Guantanomo. Here again this shows us how much the oil industry commands in America.
On the other side of the fence we get those wacky, bigoted and underdeveloped both civilly and culturally republicans, who also run the Tea Baggers. In Arizona the ex-marine Jesse Kelly is so far to the right that he had accused Palin of supporting too many candidates that were "too moderate." In Kentucky Rand Paul (son of that senator Ron who wants to abolish the Fed) is a praiser of an absolute liberalism (the capitalist type, not social kind) that he had defined the criticisms of Obama toward BP for the black sea as "anti-American" and that one just can't interfere with the free will of Wall Street.
If anything US politics is a circus show, which always keeps us surprised and entertained. At times simply dumbfounded.