Article: Obama Can Pursue Ambitious Agenda Without Congress's Help

[Tx4obama]

Obama Can Pursue Ambitious Agenda Without Congress's Help
If President Obama wants to pursue a progressive agenda in the next two years, there are plenty of ways he can do that even without any help from Capitol Hill.
Full article with list: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/03/obama-can-pursue-busy-age_n_778583.html

[polichick]

1. So true - I hope he uses every tool in the presidential tool box...

"to pursue a progressive agenda in the next two years."

k&r

[Turbineguy]

2. If he does these things

it will pretty much hollow out the repub victory in Congress. At least now there's no point in trying to go through Congress. He can use the powers the repubs granted Bush.

[dkf]

3. This is exactly what I've been harping on...

"Taking a stand on behalf of decent wages for workers, Kuttner said, isn't just good policy. "It also has the virtue of getting him on the side of ordinary people, which he doesn't seem to be too good at the optics of.""

[pacalo]

4. The thugs want to undercut Obama & make him a one-term president -- he should use

every tool available.

(A big thanks to Comcast for putting the fire back into my belly. I'm up to here with their bullshit.)