assholes. The media is saying it is all up to Obama to bend. The implication that this is all his

[still_one]

fault why there wasn't "cooperation".

Even now they are trying to rewrite history

and on bloomberg they are having these pro romney ceos just splatter their same old talking points.

Enough is enough. The last four years better have taught us something

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. They were trying that on Joe this morning...

...and the live audience interrupted them.

[Jim__]

2. Let them talk. It doesn't matter. They're irrelevant. - n/t

[ronnie624]

22. Far from irrelevant,

the pop media establishment is a very effective propaganda tool. It molds the perceptions of hundreds of millions of people, which is what it is doing here with the 'reach across the aisle' meme. It's part of the maintenance of the status quo.

[Light63]

3. The street is always two-way!

[Hotler]

4. My wish is that president Obama shows a whole lot my fight and spine than in the last term.

That he tells the repugs to fuck themselves a couple of times. May be even turn around and put some Wall St. bankers in prison.

[still_one]

14. They will not co-operate, and what the President has got to do is take the case to the people. No

more one-sided compromise, we WON this election, they lost, and they lost badly

[spanone]

5. FUCK the media. shameless pricks.

[truebrit71]

12. ^^^^This

Took the words right out of my mouth..

[Johonny]

21. +1

[vi5]

6. What worries me.....

..is that Obama will believe it himself.

I'm happy he won. No doubt about it. But I'm afraid he still believes compromise is possible with these psychopaths.

I'm worried for Social Security, Medicare and public education.

[still_one]

15. It is a concern. However, the first four years he better have learned something

[MindPilot]

7. I'm disappointed that Obama is STILL talking about "working together".

I really hope he doesn't repeat the mistakes of the past four years of attempting bipartisanship. Republicans have proven over and over that they have no agenda other than ensuring the President's failure.

President Obama should govern as if the Republicans simply do not exist.

[still_one]

17. I would expect that immediately after the election, however, within a month it should be obvious

that they will be obstructionist, and he better change his tactic. Take it to the people

Because we have the Senate at least the Supreme Court should only get better

[HereSince1628]

8. The r's know that politics don't end with general elections.

It took the r's about 35 years after WWII to figure out that our nation's two-party system with protections for the minority facilitates obstruction.

Although compromise is an ideal for democracy the best political defense isn't compromise it is obstruction.

[justiceischeap]

16. Pres. Obama has ALWAYS campaigned on wanting to do things differently in DC

I think he will continue to reach across the aisle and I think the media will continue to ignore his attempts to be bipartisan. A lot of us on DU are going to complain about him not whacking Congress over the head with a big stick but he'll continue doing what he thinks is right. That's the man we elected, like it or not.

[still_one]

18. I do not think so. Not this time. Yes, for about a month he will try, but after all the racist

obscene disrespect he receive from the first term, his patience will not put up with that garbage.

He will take it to the people

And Harry Reid better get rid of the filibuster

[HereSince1628]

23. The point is compromise currently CANNOT work. Our two party system facilitates obstruction

If we worked on coalitions among 3-5 numerically significant parties sharing power, we'd have a system that favors compromise.

The two party system, with minority protections such as the historically important but now abused filibuster, favors obstruction.

Yet, crushing the minority's voice is anti-democracy.

Ideologically,this leaves the dems between a sharp rock and a very hard place.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Obama's earned massive political capital

and he's gonna spend it... liberally

[still_one]

19. I agree, as long as Reid doesn't renew the filibuster

[Mike Daniels]

10. Unfortunately, the public kept everything that led to the deadlock in place

Dem president and Senate and Repub HOR.

Obama has to give some mouth-time to cooperation until the Repubs show once again that they don't give a damn about the country. At that point, I think he'll have the freedom to unload on them.

[adirondacker]

11. "I'm the Decider". "I got a mandate and plan to use it". If Karma were true...

I'd be quite content.

[RegieRocker]

13. They got screwed by the MAJORITY of the American people

and they must realize that and take some more. Talk about rape, 47%, auto bailouts, Medicare, social security and education privitization some more pleaseee!!! No it is them who must bend (i won't say it). Oh and one more thing refuse the tax cuts for the middle class. Yep you nuckle heads make my day. I hope you never regain your sanity.

[PowerToThePeople]

20. If we move right, they win

But, they lost. We need to move left.

The rupugs were the obstructionists, not Obama.

Bring back the Fairness Doctrine.