Basically I'd like to understand why he felt the need to abandon the usual progressive strategy of pushing the BIG changes anti-democratically through the courts. This was always the way to go for the prior 100 years. I know he was concerned that this had somewhat run out of steam (as he mentions several times in his speech writing notes in the margins). Obviously we now see the results of trying to force a major change through the democratic process instead of forcing it on the populace at the end of a lawsuit.But was there a general consensus among progressives at the time that illusory democracy (where all actual sovereignty is held by the judiciary) thing had in fact played all its cards/ his hand was forced, or was Obama going solo here?
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>>24972216this portrait is so shitwas this really the best painter they could get?
>Reddit spacing>strawmen>False premises >Allusions to alleged things with no sources>"judiciary" (It was passed by the legislative)>ForceLemme explain something to you right now. The ACA was plan based on a Republican thinktank group that had already been squeezed through in Massachusetts. It is a gift to the insurance industry with marginal (and now sidestepped) provisions that they not drop people for "pre-existing conditions" after you've paid them a ton. It is shit, but it used to be even shittier. It is shit now because of the private insurance industry. The general consensus among progressives is that they would like Bernie Sanders Medicare for all INSTEAD. This is why Hillary lost so handily.>>24972258Idiot post. Somehow worse than OP. Did you forget the frog pic?>>24972262It's a style.
This isn't reddit and it's the educated board friendo, I was assuming we wouldn't run into the likes of a dogmatic who would deny an obvious truth for the sake of a internet shitflinging contest.It is true, and has been a strategy since at least Roosevelt, labor rights, civil rights, Womens right and then promotion, lgbtq rights and then promotion, and many other things (this isn't reddit im not listing 200 for updoots) primarily were forced via the courts. Obama did acknowledge this and you will find it in his speech notes.Go back.
