Obama's Malady: CHRONIC CAPITULATION SYNDROME

"That seems to be the problem for a group in Washington called Obama and the Plunkers. They don't know how to handle the tough pieces of political music. Not that they lack the talent, but they lack the courage, the drive, and (let's admit it) the audacity. Rather than stretching the limits and reaching for greatness, they stick with conventional, middle-of-the-road stuff that has a nice beat, but fails to excite, much less satisfy.
"After two years of watching Obama in action, we can now see him for who he is: Bill Clinton. Yet another corporate Democrat who refuses to rock the boat. Obama is willing to push big issues onto the national table, and that's a major positive. But then he immediately removes from the table the big solutions needed to deal with those issues: Medicare for all? We can't even consider that. Restructure and decentralize Wall Street? No, no, we'll just write new regulations for the big banks. And so forth.
"Granted he is faced with a gang of congressional Republicans who are nothing but disgusting political saboteurs. They've gone all out to kill even his most modest reforms. But at some point (months ago), he needed to stop extending his hand to these political thugs, clench it into an FDR-sized fist, and pop them right in the snout. Unfortunately, it appears that Obama suffers from a debilitating governing malady: CHRONIC CAPITULATION SYNDROME." -
Jim Hightower from "The Hightower Lowdown"