And I don’t remember under Clinton because it’s been to long, but under Obama, you had Democratic senators like Joe Donnelly who was very much GOP-lite (hence getting elected in Indiana), including being anti-abortion. So it was no different then when Manchin made it to the senate a couple of years later.
Obama could never have done things like codify Roe v. Wade or pass a more robust healthcare reform and people who think he could have are not looking at reality and just think, “his team won so he could have gotten whatever he wanted and he blew it.” It’s only slightly less ignorant than the idea that the president controls gas and food prices.
And I don’t remember under Clinton because it’s been to long, but under Obama, you had Democratic senators like Joe Donnelly who was very much GOP-lite (hence getting elected in Indiana), including being anti-abortion. So it was no different then when Manchin made it to the senate a couple of years later.
Obama could never have done things like codify Roe v. Wade or pass a more robust healthcare reform and people who think he could have are not looking at reality and just think, “his team won so he could have gotten whatever he wanted and he blew it.” It’s only slightly less ignorant than the idea that the president controls gas and food prices.