John Podesta, baas van de progressieve denktank Center for American Progress en leider van het transitieteam van president Obama, is niet optimistisch over de gezondheid van het Amerikaanse politieke systeem. Het “sucks”.
Het is vrijwel onmogelijk voor de president om iets gedaan te krijgen en dat ligt volgens Podesta vooral aan de Republikeinen: “I think the president is trying to re-engage with Republicans, but quite frankly he is not dealing with the party of Lincoln, he is dealing with the party of Palin and the party of McConnell and the party of Boehner. They have a political strategy, really, which is that fierce opposition, trying to say no to everything will endure to their political benefit, and so far it looks like that is working for them, so I don’t see them changing all that much.”
Maar Podestya is ook kritisch over de Obama-regering, die teveel naar het spel in Washington kijkt en te weinig zijn boodschap aan het volk probeert uit te leggen. Bijvoorbeeld in het zorgdebat: “All the concentration was on working the inside legislative process and I think they paid a price for that, in my mind, the administration paid a price for that because I think the narrative was all about the deals and not what was in it, what the substance of what the legislation was and how it connected to the broader project” om de levens van veel Amerikanen te verbeteren.
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