Politico's Allen and Vanderhei: Obama doesn't bow and scrape enough for DC's power brokers

[BurtWorm]

What a disgusting piece of crap those two gasbags shat out today. Full of the usual vague references to nameless "officials" and indefinite amounts of group-thinkers. Would they say the same about a Republican in Obama's position?

Sure, they would. :eyes:

Here's a taste:

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=29E5067E-EFA1-0AD0-9AC494FA064A0B1C


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Consider state party leaders. Many feel slighted by a president they helped elect. The slights are both big and small. In July, Obama was visiting GM and Chrysler plans in the Detroit area and invited the local House member — but other Democratic lawmakers who stood to benefit from the exposure were left in the cold.

"President Obama has done a lot for the people of Michigan, including rescuing state services and saving GM and Chrysler,” said former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard, a Democrat and Obama supporter. “We'd like to see a political operation in Michigan commensurate with his achievements."

Other Democrats are fuming at Obama’s decision not to endorse the Democratic candidate for governor of Rhode Island — and shun conventional political interactions, including refusing to meet with a group of black ministers at a campaign event this fall.

This is problematic because in a 50-50 country, political infrastructure matters — and the consensus among Democratic consultants is that Obama has allowed theirs to atrophy by neglect.

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[Arkana]

1. If Democrats had any brains they'd realize that Lincoln Chafee

was a better and more liberal candidate than Frank Caprio and the Blue Dogs should have proved that the D next to your name doesn't make you a Democrat.

And I'm sure Obama hasn't forgotten that those power brokers spent his entire campaign telling him "You can't" and "You shouldn't".

[Oceansaway]

2. 2 pieces of human shit...nt

[BurtWorm]

3. Allen and Vanderhei demonstrate how bowing and scraping is done

From the aforementioned article:

While the lobbying community is usually covered by the media like a crime beat, most lobbyists are policy experts who often provide input on commissions and other advisory boards. So lobbyists argue that the White House shunning has cost the president valuable advice, political intelligence and institutional backup.

And business leaders, even the few who continue to be Obama-friendly, say they are convinced he is hostile to free markets and the private sector. Some of these executives have balance sheets flush with cash but are reluctant to add jobs or expand in part because they don't trust Obama’s instincts for growth.

“He used anti-corporate, confrontational rhetoric too for legislative gain and kept doing it after folks found it gratuitous,” a top executive said. “During health reform, it was the bad, evil hospitals. . . Same with financial regulation: It was fat cats, greed, corruption.”

Other executives complained that Obama did not do enough outreach, even after the friction became clear. And executives who did get an audience complain that he is too often behind a podium, not doing the off-the-record question-and-answer sessions that would make them feel more involved and maybe promote understanding between the two sides.

“The thing they’re most proud of is that during the campaign, they had a game plan they believed in and they stuck to it, even when everyone told them they were going to lose,” said a well-known Democratic official, summing up a widely held view of the White House. “They didn’t believe what outside people said. So they have this siege mentality, and it’s closed the door.”

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. Those two could show Jenna Jemeson a trick or two. nt

[whathehell]

4. Fuck them and the horses they rode in on. n/t

[MrTriumph]

5. The 680 State House Democrats that lost are probably not impressed either

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[rocktivity]

6. Rocktivity: Politico's Allen and Vanderhei Are Smarting From Blowback

Of Their Attempts to "Shirley Sherrod" Keith Olbermann

:headbang:
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