Joseph White

Obama came to office in a crisis, but the Republicans were nowhere near as demoralized, he did not have on the GOP side anyone like 'Boll Weevil' Democrats with whom to bargain. Republican elites and voters united in opposition to him -- if anything they got more extreme.

Barack Obama came to office in a crisis, but the Republicans were nowhere near as demoralized, barack Obama did not have on the GOP side anyone like' Boll Weevil' Democrats with whom to bargain. Republican elites and voters united in opposition to him -- if anything they got more extreme.