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Originally Posted by babylonDon
But he has that influence now.
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Until he leaves a few drops of weakness in the water. The top tier bosses of both parties swim in rather vicious waters. They'd turn on their own in a second if it advanced their own party position. They can't turn on Obama right now lest they enrage the voters in the election season.
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Obama inspired the people to create a demand for change in our political dialog. The politics of fear and negativity have dominated the landscape for years now. And that's beginning to change. It's a slow, laborious process, but it's happening. The powers that be, are recognizing (at their own pace) that large sections of the electorate demand more substance.
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Add to that eternal vigilance, because the moment they think we've let slip our focus from what government does the old school will creep back in.
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This is the reason that Hillary was defeated. This is the reason that the GOP is discussing re-formatting their strategies to focus more on positive, regional change. Even if it's insincere, that addresses our real needs in a more substantial way then the repubs have in many years.
We've already won a victory, in that.
Aside from some people who will always seek a hero, and the hyperbole that runs rampant in our culture, I don't think anyone is assigning Obama supernatural abilities. He WAS/IS the agent of the changes, but it's a populace demanding more information, that's bringing about the actual changes.
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I agree. Obama is the lense we use to focus change.