is that every times Dems stall it gets worse. Senate Dems stalled and it got that crazy Medicare poison pill which has since been removed though the talking point lives. Then House Dems stalled and it lost the TAA and apparently other important elements too. I get what's happening and don't know the solution but the irony is that Dems keep making it worse by trying to stop it, and the reason they're doing that, taking Pelosi as an example, is because they're hearing from constituents. They have to heed the call and I understand that, but why are they hearing from us? Because of ODS-powered FUD which should be the exclusive domain of Daryl Issa and Rush Limbaugh but sadly isn't:
Obama unleashes frustration over Washington gridlock
POSTED: Thursday, June 18, 2015, 10:26 PM
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - President Barack Obama unleashed a torrent of frustration Thursday night over Washington gridlock and acknowledged he has not been able to bring the hope and change to America's political system that he campaigned on.
Obama told donors at a Democratic Party fundraiser hosted by filmmaker Tyler Perry that he has struggled "mightily" against division in politics but the system "still is broken."
"The problem is that too often the political system doesn't reflect the common sense and decency of the American people," Obama said.
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He also planned to appear with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who broke with Obama on the trade vote last week, in a fundraiser in her San Francisco district on Friday.
Obama did not mention the family feud at Perry's house, attended by about 250 donors including "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner and star January Jones, former NBA basketball player Jason Collins, former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. He instead criticized the political system.
"The incentives that are built into the system reward short term, reward a polarized politics, reward being simplistic instead of being true, reward division. And as mightily as I have struggled against that, I told him, 'You're right. It still is broken.'"
Read more at
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150618_ap_60d956a9c9bc42fc800fba411f993576.html#EfCJbT7o8F4w3vSD.99
Short version: ODS-powered FUD captures eyeballs (see GD) but makes governing difficult.
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