"Most of Congress was in office before President Obama was elected and most will be there when he leaves. Powerful members of Congress are like summer camp counselors and Obama is like the camper. He will only be there a relatively short amount of time, but they will remain to run the camp. And they know it."
"There was a time, not too long ago, when liberals harbored a strange yearning for a monarch, as long as it was former President Barack Obama. They applauded each instance in which he stretched the limits of his authority, and grew frustrated during moments when they felt he hadn’t gone far enough—especially on issues like illegal immigration.
"If you don’t believe me, believe CNN contributor Dean Obeidallah. In a 2012 op-ed, he argued, “Liberals want Obama to be a king, not a president.” He noted that more than a few prominent Democrats had publicly expressed their disappointment in Obama.
"Singer Jackson Browne said Obama was “just as beholden to the people who put him in office as any of the Republicans would be.”
"Actor Matt Damon had also “very publicly attacked” the president:
Damon even went so far as to heap praise on former President Bush, saying: “I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth” in appreciation for his work fighting AIDS in Africa. Although Damon did note his kiss of Bush would be limited to: “Three seconds, no tongue.”
"Even the “distinguished professor Cornel West,” he wrote, called Obama, “A black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.”
"Moreover, Obeidallah cited a recent Gallup poll that showed Obama’s support among liberals at 70%, a seven-month low." . . .
Michelle Obama cannot contain her contempt for Barack
"Michelle has pushed back against divorce rumors, and I believe her. Unless she wants to move on to a new man (and there’s no indication that she does), the marriage probably works the way Bill’s and Hillary’s does: A political power couple who, now that the power game is finally at an end, no longer want each other’s company, but could still badly hurt by the scandal of a divorce."... Andrea Widburg
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