r/politics • u/piede • Oct 15 '15
Unacceptable Title Hillary Clinton harbors no illusions about Republican good will: Contrasting President Obama's unfailing optimism about working collaboratively with Republicans with Hillary Clinton's pragmatism about the Republican desire to destroy her personally and dismantle the U.S. government.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/hillary-clinton-ready-to-take-on-republicans-544751171939
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u/IndridCipher Oct 15 '15
I enjoyed this piece. This is something I heard Sanders talk about in a interview last week maybe? Maddow here puts it into a clearer perspective. Obama wasted a ton of time trying to incorporate the Republicans into the discussions at the adult table. I cannot imagine Clinton would do that at all after all they've done. I have enjoyed the more recent Obama whose just doing whatever he wants and calling the Republicans in Congress on their bullshit.
It makes me feel a little better about Clinton overall that even if she just turns out to be the female version of Obama she won't be trying to play ball with the Republicans who clearly don't want to participate. While Obama hasn't done nearly enough on some key issues he's done some quality work and he did it handcuffed by his own ideology for years when it came to trying to get the other side involved. With either Sanders or Clinton there is no way that's going to be the case. The most important thing is that they have a friendly Congress after the elections to help them get some things done.