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I agree in general with your assessment, the difference is that those
were powerful presidents trying to push through something his own
party disagreed with. The reason I don't fear Obama as some do is 
I see him as a , pardon the expression, puppet. I think Pelosi is to 
be his Cheney and with Harry Reid's assistance will run the show.  Obama
has not even chaired major committees or done any of the leadership  
activities 
that show drive and initiative. I don't forsee a whole lot of action  
originating 
in the white house. Between Pelosi and Reid, they can push their
agenda through both houses and unless Barrack veto's it, they will get what 
they want. California is an economic joke and Pelosi is firmly from the  
school
that designed and built it. We are entirely relying on Barrack Obama to  step
up and stand up to his own party when necessary, since the opposing  party
may not even matter. NBC says there are 24 Republican senate seats in
"trouble" and the Dems only need 9 to have total control and be filibuster  
proof.
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 11/4/2008 1:52:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:

What  worries me far more is one party having complete control of both
>  branches of congress with a filibuster proof majority and the white   
> house.

That is a legitimate and common concern. Many of us  suffered through  
the first six years of Bush rule and came out still  alive at the end.  
A filibuster-proof Senate majority is unlikely but  here is something  
pertinent that may comfort those of us concerned  about the potential  
imbalance of power:

. . . And history  suggests that filibuster-proof majorities often work  
better on paper  than on Capitol Hill. Ask President Franklin  
Roosevelt. He had an  overwhelming majority in the Senate in the  
mid-1930s, but couldn't  pack the Supreme Court because of opposition  
from Southerners in his  own party. President John Kennedy had 65  
Democrats in the Senate,  but couldn't get his civil rights bill called  
up for a  vote.

"The numbers can be very beguiling," says Ross Baker, a professor  of  
political science at Rutgers University. But, he added, they  often  
don't prove to be quite as valuable as they  appear.

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