Political Climate

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i agree 100%!!
back when don't ask, don't tell was mentioned-since he said he wanted rid of it-obama said 'we need to focus on the economy, etc, etc'. all last fall, the exec and ledge were solely focused on health care, not just the economy. so, the suggestion that he couldn't have more than one iron in the fire at a time was bogus. it was an excuse by him not to do what he said he wanted to do. and it was most likely because he was already making some unhappy with his agenda, and didn't want to make more folks angry at him. but, he also said he would rather be a good one termer, than a mediocare two-termer...so i can't help but think he's not really being sincere on that score either.
but at least he did get rid of bushes stem cell ban.

Strictly a guess but i would think that he hasn't taken a more liberal stance (or done anything in some cases) on some issues especially the dont ask, dont tell issue is that the polling shows that it wont be well received and may hurt his numbers.