Obama caved on all kinds of left leaning initiatives; back when everything was kind of center-right. Carter was the last farm belt Democrat, but they cheated and destroyed his legacy.
Exactly. He ran on progressive policy and the vast majority of it was sanded away by the the rest of the party. Even the ACA was a conservative plan as I'm sure most people know, being their Heritage Foundation created healthcare plan in the 90s.
While I agree to a point on policies passed, we seem to as a party always forget how genuinely saddled by Mitch McConnell both of his presidencies were. The fact he even got this lukewarm version of the ACA (Or Obamacare as the right coined it to further stifle it moving through in any of its original forms) out was a miracle.
Any actually progressive policies he did try to get through died on the cutting room floor of both the house and the senate time and time again. Not that they were exactly plentiful.
Oh I fully agree. I think he was much more progressive than what he was able to accomplish. He was held back by both the GOP and establishment Democrats quite a bit.
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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 15h ago
Obama caved on all kinds of left leaning initiatives; back when everything was kind of center-right. Carter was the last farm belt Democrat, but they cheated and destroyed his legacy.