Kinda curious how Trump is more capable than Bernie of running the same country into the ground?
Pubs have both houses now.
And yet Obama has been perfectly capable.
Good grief.
How so?
Let's see... Successfully doubled the national debt from 10 to 20 trillion (that is simply amazing). Rammed through Obamacare. Now regulating CO2 in addition to actual pollution, driving up cost of electricity. Blocked Keystone pipeline based purely on AGW ideology, costing tens of thousands of construction jobs. Effectively refusing to enforce borders, importing poverty by the millions. Economy has created about 9 million jobs under Obama's presidency - but the population has grown by about 15 million. Labor force participation at lowest level in 40 years. Middle east even more mumped up than usual (and that's really saying something). Negotiated a "deal" with Iran to unfreeze hundreds of billions of dollars while virtually assuring their continued development of nuclear weapons.
That's just off the top of my head.
And yes, Bernie could absolutely make this even worse if he tries to implement his redistributive policies.
Looks like consumers have dodged another of Obama's unlawful and harmful policies, for now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/02/09/supreme-court-puts-the-brakes-on-the-epas-clean-power-plan/?postshare=3911455067610338&tid=ss_twEssentially, the Clean Power Plan (note it's a "Plan" as opposed to an "Act" or, you know, something lawfully passed through Congress) would have imposed significant new CO2 emission restrictions on power plants, driving electric rates through the roof.
In what has become a pretty common theme, the Obama Administration didn't really care whether it was legal or not - they just announced the plan and were counting on it being too well-implemented to reverse by the time courts got around to striking it down or scaling it back. The old "eff the law - the law is what we say it is, and we still win even if a court reverses us a few years down the road" approach.
Thankfully, in a rather unexpected turn of events, the Supreme Court just ruled that the CPP cannot be implemented until after lower courts have had an opportunity to rule. the SC similarly blocked Obama's illegal efforts to massively expand amnesty to illegal immigrants. Too bad they didn't do the same for Obamacare...