Weak Willed? Or Just Plain Old Weak?

Obama in the eyes of Democrats and liberals see him as a person who has not fulfilled his campaign promises.

The policies he make are sometimes also un-democratic and seem to fit more at home with conservatives.

Obama has done some progressive things and passed progressive bills, but that's too little.

Now some defenders of Obama state that Obama is powerless in the face of the republicans in the white house, congress, senate, etc.
They also mention that Obama lacks the power to overcome the powerful lobbyists and corporations.

Which brings up the question that I want to ask.
Is Obama really helpless? Or is he just weak willed?
Is being the President of the United States not enough to enforce your will upon others?

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>Is being the President of the United States not enough to enforce your will upon others?
Surprisingly not.  I guess you missed that whole Cold War thing, where several PTOUSes tried and failed to impose their will on the Russians.

Bush was able to pass multiple bills that many democrats opposed including a majority of the regular citizens, and hell even some republicans opposed him.

So POTUS is a fairly powerful position.
So I think Obama is just being delusional in his belief to get democrats and republicans to get along.

OBAMA is really an acronym. Can you guess what it is?

>So I think Obama is just being delusional in his belief to get democrats and republicans to get along.

Clearly you missed the fact that Obama talks about both sides working together and then acts like a tyrant.

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You mean like the way Russia was trying to impose on everyone else?

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/06/21/obama

here's a piece by Glenn Greenwald about Obama/Presidency being weak or not.

tl;dr Obama is just weak.

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I think POTUS is powerful in DOMESTIC matters, not INTERNATIONAL matters.

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>reading salon