I have to hand it to Obama. Bravo Mr. President!

[99th_Monkey]

Yah yah, I know ... I'm generally on DU whining about Obama not closing Gitmo, or being too cozy with Wall St. , etc. etc. but I must say, I am genuinely and deeply impressed at how POTUS has sprung back from the 2014 election AKA the Democratic Party's "drubbing" .. with ...
1) Net Neutrality BAM!
2) China/US emissions deal BAM!
3) Executive action to deal with over-due Immigration issues. BAM!

Absolutely LOVE seeing the ReThugs scrambling, realizing that within a mere week of the "electoral Democratic disaster" Obama totally captured the high ground and began controlling the narrative, while they were still standing around gloating and preening in the afterglow of Nov. 4th.

Well done President Obama.

[msongs]

1. too bad he didn't do all that stuff before the election. oh well better late etc nt

[99th_Monkey]

6. Yah. That too.

But I'm feeling inclined to flatly give POTUS his due right now.

[sheshe2]

7. Thank you!

[SunSeeker]

14. The blue dogs (Hagan, Pryor, Landrieu, et al.) begged him not to.

They believed if he did immigration, etc. before the election, it would hurt them in the red states they were running in. In the end, they got hosed anyway.

[MFM008]

2. you know

your right!

[Cha]

3. Mahalo for this, 99th.. I appreciate it!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Maybe holding his feet to the fire works, after all. K&R

[SunSeeker]

15. No, he was waiting until after the election to placate the blue dogs.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/05/1342174/-Running-scared-on-popular-immigration-didn-t-help-Dems

The blue dogs (Hagan, Pryor, Landrieu, et al.) begged him not to. They believed if he did immigration, etc. before the election, it would hurt them in the red states they were running in.

[CakeGrrl]

22. Sitting around calling him names doesn't get the credit.

And anyone who rec'd that dumb post about him being HAPPY about the midterm outcome is a hypocrite if they claim they've only wanted to "hold his feet to the fire". They can take the long walk off the short pier.

[Andy823]

23. +1,000,000 nt

[Union Scribe]

5. He's got those right for sure.

That FCC weenie needs his ass handed to him for stalling on Net Neutrality.

[99th_Monkey]

12. There's a good reason Wheeler needs to be "encouraged" to do right thing

Before his nomination, he had been a top lobbyist for the wireless and cable industries. From 1979 to 1984, he served as president of the National Cable Television Association and before that he was CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association.

Maybe he's just a mercenary, and loyal to whoever is cutting his paycheck, but still; apparently his background left him with at least one foot dragging on the net neutrality thing.

[sheshe2]

8. KnR!

[ReRe]

9. Same here...

... Hope he keeps it up.

[SunSeeker]

10. K & R

[Hekate]

11. I predict more to come. Thanks for your kudos, 99th; I know they were hard-earned from you.

[99th_Monkey]

13. LOL

You made me belly-laugh.

Thanks

[oldandhappy]

16. Thank you.

Nice to see someone making positive statements. I appreciate it.

[davidpdx]

17. Net Neutrality is far from over

He may have made his preference clear, but Wheeler is still trying to come up with some kind of a "compromise" to make his industry buddies happy. We may still get fucked on it.

I'm not being negative, I'm just saying we shouldn't count it as a win just yet.

The other two I am extremely happy about.

[Sherman A1]

18. Agreed

It is far from over.

[99th_Monkey]

21. Yes there may be some slippage yet ..

between the fork and the mouth ... excellent point.

It's one thing to state his policy, and another to get the ball to the goalpost,

I think he should ask for Wheeler's resignation if he keeps dragging his feet.

[davidpdx]

25. I think he should do more than ask for his resignation

I'd like to see him chuck Wheeler off a bridge.

[99th_Monkey]

27. Well, clearly the Wheeler appointment to FCC was a piss-poor choice

with that I agree.

Having said that, I'll say no more.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. I predict the Republicans will become their own worst enemies.

[Andy823]

24. Credi where credit is due

Good post.

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. He knows they are going to impeach him anyways....

[99th_Monkey]

28. Too bad if that's what it took

to get Obama to get real and dial into what we the people really want.

[VanillaRhapsody]

29. oh good Gawd....

get over it already will ya?

If you can do better...get your ass out there and run....you country needs you!

[99th_Monkey]

30. You are the one who said

Obama was just doing it because he knows he's going to be "impeached" anyway.

I did not invoke that thought-form, you did.