Via WaPo:
An internal White House assessment concludes that President Obama must distance himself from a recalcitrant Congress after being badly damaged last year by legislative failures, a government shutdown and his own missteps.
Obama has said that his fraught relationship with Congress, especially after Republicans won the House in 2010, complicated his ability to promote his agenda. But for the first time, following what many allies view as a lost year, the White House is reorganizing itself to support a more executive-focused presidency and inviting the rest of the government to help.
The new approach comes after weeks of internal White House debate over a single question: What went wrong in 2013? The answers will help determine the outline of the State of the Union address Obama will deliver Tuesday evening, as well as how he pursues a meaningful legacy in the remainder of his term.
Last year began with the fresh-start ambitions of his second inauguration but ended in a long trail of mistakes, international embarrassments and missed legislative opportunities that sapped Obama’s credibility with the public.
Senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer outlined the lessons learned in a three-page memo that Obama discussed with his Cabinet in recent weeks, according to several administration officials who have read the document.
Among its conclusions is that Obama, a former state legislator and U.S. senator, too often governed more like a prime minister than a president. In a parliamentary system, a prime minister is elected by lawmakers and thus beholden to them in ways a president is not.
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"Does anyone want to make the arguement that this terrorist is nothing more than a commie dicktator? Can you blame him? He won, and we can't let Congress get in the way of the obvious 'mandate' Obowel received from the dead, the 140% black population and the Mexican voters who elected him. Are there any true American patriots left in our government, who have the balls and guts to force the REPUBLICAN majority in the House of Reprehensibles, to delay their personal desire for power, and begin to act in accordance with the Oath which they took to "Protect And Defend The Constitution Of The United States"? If so, then do the f**king job for which you were elected! He is blaming Congress for his failures? How about over half the country who don't want his so called failed policies? If we had a REAL opposition party in control of the House of Reprehensibles, they would be cutting off funds to this tyrant. It's really hard to play dickator with no funds. This tells me there is no opposition party in the nation. Just a bunch of spineless morons. Really though, who woulda thought the only President with his own f**king logo would be tempted to abuse power! This purple lipped crack addict is incompetent and ignorant about the Constitution, as well as right or wrong. He wants to bypass congress because he can't stand being told 'No'. Remember, we are dealing with someone with the mind of a child. Obowel doesn't believe in our Republic. He was nursed on socialism and cut his teeth on communism.
He studied Constitutional law to learn how to undermine and poke holes in the Constitution.He is now ready to bring the hammer of socialism down on us and trim off the excess dissenters with his communist sickle. Tell you what though, you take the dicktater route and we'll take the Patriot route. I'll let you in on the last chapter since you know nothing about history, but here's a warning, it will suck to be you.
I believe the shit will finally hit the fan if he attempts it, and then the chicken shit fraud will flee the country back to his homeland of Kenya, where he will then become the village idiot again.
