As the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. The recent passage of financial reform by Congress marks Obama’s fourth major legislative victory in only two years: Stimulus, Education Reform, Health Care, Financial Reform. President Obama, from a historical perspective, has presided over one of the most productive legislative periods in history. So why isn’t he getting any credit for them?
The Republican’s have called for a repeal of almost every piece of legislation passed by Democrats, which is, of course, no surprise. But what about the Democrats own Progressive base? As Chuck Todd says, why does each major legislative victory for Obama seem to push his poll numbers down and not create any political capital? Progressive leaders continue to speak out against many legislations, arguing that they usually don’t go far enough. Are Progressives expecting too much from Obama? Is Obama letting Progressives down? Is there a fight between the Democratic Party’s more moderate establishment wing against it’s left leaning base?
Chuck Todd fills in for Chris Matthews on today’s edition of Hardball and talks politics with Jonathon Alter from Politico and Katrina Vanden Heuvel from The Nation Magazine:
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As Chuck Todd says its never too early to talk about the 2012 presidential election and who will be the GOP nominee to run against Obama. Chuck Todd talks with Jonathon Martin of Politico and the always animated Chris Cillizza from The Washington Post on this topic next:
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