>>>Classifying "being out-manouvered" as a positive trait for commander-in-chief ? weeeeellll.... ;-)
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>It's more difficult to outmaneuver the commander-in-chief than the spouse of the commander-in-chief. ;-) Though even a US President is easily thwarted on most things if Congress or Senate fills with people who think their triumphs consist of how often you stymie others' intentions, whether good or bad for Citizen Riff-Raff.

The GOP's obstructionism is so bad it's absurd - just take a look at Obama's supreme court nomination. He picks a guy that a couple of years ago the republican's really really wanted - but now they won't approve him because it''s Obama that made the nomination. This just goes to show how little the GOP actually cares about the American people - they're more interested in being a bunch of obstructionist a-holes and not letting Obama do anything than filling the vacancy on the nations highest court - at a time when a number of very serious cases are before the court and you don't want tie votes due to even number vs odd number of people on the supreme court. This type of thing has been going on for 8 years.