Warren Dew wrote:

Scot Dutchy wrote:What I understand Obama has made it quite easy for Trump to scrap many thing he Obama has done due to the use of executive orders as opposed to bills through Congress.

Yes. That's what happens when a president refuses to compromise.

Animavore wrote:Ben Carson for Secretary of Education.

Rumraket wrote:

Animavore wrote:Ben Carson for Secretary of Education.

I want to be told that this is satire.

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Obama's Presidency was one of the more conciliatory Democratic Presidencies we've had in a while.

Warren Dew wrote:

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Obama's Presidency was one of the more conciliatory Democratic Presidencies we've had in a while.

The last Democratic president before Obama was Bill Clinton. He agreed to welfare reform and a budget sufficiently low to permit surpluses. I don't see how you can argue Obama was more conciliatory than that.

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Your claims simply don't compare well with the facts.

Warren Dew wrote:The thing that worries me the most is that Christie is going to manage the transition.

ScholasticSpastic wrote:

Warren Dew wrote:

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Obama's Presidency was one of the more conciliatory Democratic Presidencies we've had in a while.

The last Democratic president before Obama was Bill Clinton. He agreed to welfare reform and a budget sufficiently low to permit surpluses. I don't see how you can argue Obama was more conciliatory than that.

I don't see how you can blame Obama for the absence of compromise in the government during his administration. He made a lot of compromises while issuing relatively few executive orders:

Warren Dew wrote:

ScholasticSpastic wrote:

Warren Dew wrote:

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Obama's Presidency was one of the more conciliatory Democratic Presidencies we've had in a while.

The last Democratic president before Obama was Bill Clinton. He agreed to welfare reform and a budget sufficiently low to permit surpluses. I don't see how you can argue Obama was more conciliatory than that.

I don't see how you can blame Obama for the absence of compromise in the government during his administration. He made a lot of compromises while issuing relatively few executive orders:

The number of executive orders is irrelevant, as most deal with the minutia of implementing the law. It's the ones that implement something in place of a law that are problematic, and that's what Obama did a lot of.

Donald Trump appears to soften stance on range of pledges

In first interview since winning US election, Trump says he may not repeal Obamacare and admits prosecution of Hillary Clinton is not a priority

Donald Trump has appeared to soften his stance on a range of sweeping campaign pledges, saying in his first interview since being elected US president that he might not repeal Obamacare and admitting the prosecution of Hillary Clinton over confidential emails is not a priority.

The Republican, who said he would “immediately repeal and replace” Obamacare after taking office, told the Wall Street Journal he might instead seek to reform the policy, keeping the ban on insurers denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.

He said he would also look to retain the provision that allowed young adults to be insured on their parents’ policies, adding that he had been convinced of the virtues of the two points in his meeting with outgoing president, Barack Obama, on Thursday. More...

Alan C wrote:It seems he wants the Keystone pipeline to go ahead because he has money in the game. Allowing the use of such a dirty source of oil is decidedly fucked.

Tortured_Genius wrote:

Alan C wrote:It seems he wants the Keystone pipeline to go ahead because he has money in the game. Allowing the use of such a dirty source of oil is decidedly fucked.

Wonder how much Trump will be worth by the end of his presidency?

Donald Trump has dropped Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, as the head of his White House transition team, replacing him with vice-president Mike Pence.

The president-elect also took the unprecedented step of naming three of his own children and his son-in-law to the executive committee overseeing the transition.

The shake-up comes with Christie facing calls for impeachment in New Jersey after the conviction of two former aides in the so-called “Bridgegate” scandal. He has denied any advanced knowledge of the politically motivated lane closures, which caused chaos on the world’s busiest bridge.

Scot Dutchy wrote:

Rumraket wrote:

Animavore wrote:Ben Carson for Secretary of Education.

I want to be told that this is satire.

Well what about Palin?