Wonder what side Obama came down on on imported drugs after his embrace by Pharma during the heathcare debacle debate.

Jared Bernstein’s take is good. He intimates that the White House will strongly oppose Pelosi’s stance. And Democratic hacks defended it as part of a political game

That’s Obama LLC standard tactic, bob and weave then cave to the higher amount that Nancy wants alone with the other DINO’s in Congress.

This article dovetails nicely with your bipartisanship article (http://elections.firedoglake.com/2012/05/09/bipartisanship-is-dying-and-shouldnt-be-mourned/). Much head scratching has taken place (at least at FDL) on Obama’s ineffectiveness. Indeed this shows that far from being ineffective, Obama LLC/Dems have done quite well for its backers, just as the GOP, though not so much for the Citizenry or the Republic. Also current use of the Senate Filibuster and super majority isn’t a flaw, so much as it’s a feature.

One thing this Administration thinks it excels at is triangulation, so the States rights ploy is both typical and cowardly. Vaughn Walker already gave an air tight decision for LGBT rights on Prop 8 that even our current crop of Supreme Zealots will be loath to reverse.

….For whatever reason, it took until yesterday for Reid to figure this out.

Reid’s known all along how to make the Senate more ineffective. What is a filibuster in to-days Senate but a vehicle of bipartisanship and he’s been an advocate for same since Joseph Smith was a babe.

http://elections.firedoglake.com/2012/05/09/bipartisanship-is-dying-and-shouldnt-be-mourned/

I’m wondering when we went from a CAN DO to a CAN’T DO nation, well besides Obama leadership skills and a do nothing Congress.

I figured early in the Bush the Lesser rule that he was and is a soulless git. Took me several years into the Obama LLC rule to realize he is also.

How about adding NONE OF THE ABOVE to polling. As to why no Democratic wanker would run against the Big O; 1. there’s no there there and 2. the Democratic elite, and I specifically include Jennifer Granholm (who IMHO would be a better Prez)get all glassy eyed when talking on the Big O’s greatness. It’s those damn Republicans that make him so ineffective, not his actions, policies or politics.

Sad commentary on our republic, IMO, that Corporations are anything but citizens; are indeed titans among amoeba. I’ll never see, let alone speak to my Congressman (wouldn’t have anything nice to say anyway), nor my Senators. Corporations routinely interface with elected officials either directly or through lobbyists or employees and now through super enablers such as ALEC, with the officials paying to play. Talk about disfranchisement.

I (and many at FDL) have no delusion about Obamm LLC or Congress being in thrall of TPTB. How anyone can expect a sound real estate market without securing a clear title is beyond me. The hope was that Schneiderman wouldn’t be bought off too. In the end I/we expect he will. Since the Government works for TPTB, there will be no justice in this issue or many others.

Hope is the only refuge for the powerless.

I too wonder whether he’s been co-opted. Sad that is the appearance, but this quote from Schneiderman spokesman Kanner “We have separated our affirmative claims from our intervention motion, and intend to aggressively pursue the state’s interest through every means available, including further investigation and litigation if necessary,” is hopeful. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-10/n-y-renews-opposition-to-bofa-8-5-billion-mortgage-accord-1-.html

Remember to include Obama LLC in stereo squealing. It’s his administration undercutting tougher investigations of any State AJ.

…Michigan Democrats eventually sued to put a stop to a bunch of laws, but it took them more than a YEAR to figure this one out?

Why didn’t the Dems count the votes? You could call it the Stockholm Syndrome, Battered wife syndrome, ineffective oversight, duplicity, complicity or simple malfeasance.

Color me jaded. A hack, responding to a hack about a hack.

From Chicago Tribune: “”The FBI will always investigate and bring to justice anyone who resorts to violence as a means to harm, intimidate, or prevent the public’s right to access reproductive health services,” Teresa L. Carlson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI office in Milwaukee, said in a statement.”

Really? Sure doesn’t seem that way. I’m sure on-high will counsel her on her overzealous statement.

Interesting how many wars we’d promulgated in the last 60 years over oil, or in the case of Afghanistan transportation of oil, as a national security issue. Yet Wall Street trashing the economy because of speculation (throw in electricity as well) is unsolvable by any President or Congress. Is more evidence of the United Incorporated States needed?

Hope she maintains her integrity and independence. Seems like Obama knows once someone is named to a commission or working group they become a weak sister, such as happened to Schneiderman.

I’m curious what entity on the US side is doing the negotiating, DoD in the form of the Area Commander, or State. If Area Commander, he’d be out of a war if peace broke out and State couldn’t find their ass with both hands. So I guess it’s a toss up of vested interests and incompetence.

Amen to the p.s..

I don’t understand your resoning, so please educate us how my math is incorrect or why reporters cut and paste from BLS news releases without any analysis, or why three statistics, UI, New Hires and UI rate can’t be compared and analyzed in one BLS release. Show us we’re not being lied to by statistics.