[tstrimple]

The choice unfortunately often boils down to choosing between blatant psychopathy or completely useless platitudes. Yes. A vote for Democrats results in less harm. But Democrats are never actually willing to address the problems. Democrats would rather reach across the aisle than actually help people as has been proven out ever since my very first eligible vote for Obama. Some Democrats promise "Hope and Change" but won't bother to fight for it. Many Republicans promise to hurt the people you hate and often try to follow through on it. Both sides aren't the same, but neither side will fix anything.

[tzs]

> Democrats would rather reach across the aisle than actually help people as has been proven out ever since my very first eligible vote for Obama.

Obama: Affordable Care Act; allowed LGBTQ+ to openly serve in the military; American Recovery and Reinvestment act supported a lot of infrastructure improvement; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; JCPOA; A whole bunch of action on climate change.

Biden: Inflation Reduction Act which provided large investments to fight climate change; CHIPS and Science Act; codified federal protection of same sex and interracial marriage; Rejoined the Paris Agreement.

[malshe]

100%. Obama squandered people's mandate...twice. I wish more mainstream (i.e., non socialist) Democratic politicians had strong convictions like Mamdani.

[_DeadFred_]

Yeah, I mean other than my family having insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions. And having years of insurance. And therefor much better quality of life then/now. Obama has what, a few weeks of actual mandate majority power.

Mamdani is basically doing the same thing other Dems do, only the Internet lefties give him the benefit of the doubt/kudos instead of the piling on they give Dems. Abigail Spanberger has been insanely effective yet gets zero of the kudos Mamdani gets because she's just a Dem.

[malshe]

Obama promised change, remember? We were in the worst financial crisis of the modern times and what changed exactly after Obama took over? How many bankers went to the prison? In his 2012 book, Neil Barofsky wrote that Obama appeared to care far more about the Wall Street [1]. Obama also completely ignored the Bush administration lies which led to Iraq invasion. Nobody got punished. During his presidency the senate Democrats were asleep at the wheel, not filling many vacant positions for federal judges, which McConnell later exploited. Overall, Obama's presidency was a lot of talk but no concrete action. It's just because his was sandwiched between two even worse presidencies -- Bush's and Trump's -- he comes out ahead.

1. Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street

[delfinom]

Obama did get a lot done, the biggest problem was congress. The dems in congress are basically an entire seniority driven power structure where the 70+ year old dinosaurs hold complete control. They are the biggest ones resistant to change.

The president can only do so much without laws backing it.