If he had reached out to Congress once in a while and wasn't intellectually distant, his presidency might have had more tangible results
What does the first part actually mean? Like is there an actual example from his first term where he didn’t reach out?
He gave massively benefits to red state democrats with Obamacare, spend the entire summer with John Boehner trying to fix the grand bargain and did virtually all of his 2009-2012 stuff through Congress.
It’s obvious that Obama should have done better with congress but I can’t see how this applies as anything other than a talking point.
I agree with Blair. Obama should have done better with congress, but sorry, the main responsibilty is with the GOP and its hardcore right faction. Their only program was to oppose Obama, too often for racist reasons. The 2013 immigration bill for example had broad support even among senate GOPers, but Boehner felt compelled to block a vote because of the Freedom Caucus.
