This is interesting. "Pass this bill now!" Mr Obama's oft shouted campaign line doesn't seem to be convincing his fellow Dems, who do indeed control the Senate, 53-47.
A few excerpts from this Bloomberg article, then the
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"He knows Republicans are against him. Increasingly, members of his own party are, too, posing a challenge to his economic agenda and clouding his re-election strategy."
'Asked whether Obama’s agenda appeals to senators who face voters in 2012, Manchin said in an interview, “His approval rating is 28 percent in West Virginia. You do the math.”'
'Cornyn said. “Democrats don’t want to be associated with him because he’s unpopular, and I think it’s making a lot of them very uncomfortable.”'
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