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Originally Posted by supafamous
As a centre-left social liberal I would be thrilled if Trudeau ended up like Obama. Obama ain't perfect but his ability to work within a dysfunctional political system to get health care passed, to restart the economy and find a tenable place for the US in the world is going to be something historians will talk about in positive terms for a long time. He's found the balance between short term and long term thinking - health care will pay off for Americans for a long time and tilt the tables towards the Democrats over the years.
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When Obama did not did not push through with his promises from his '08 campaign, it's when I realized (in the US anyways), that whoever is in power, special interests groups have a strong say in Government Policy.
Aside from Universal Health Care, most of his administration's decisions were GW Bush-like (E.g. Having the Same Fed Chair that Bush had, ongoing strong military presence in the middle east, pushing money - multiple QEs - to Wall Street that would primarily benefit Banks but not the middle class.). Again, this opposed his promises in his '08 campaign.
It just seemed that he was giving in too much to the GOP. He did not have strong enough leadership to unite the GOP and Dems in the Houses. Perhaps, this is because he was a young Junior Senator beforehand. Thus, I am equating his inexperience to that of Trudeau. Will Trudeau be able to execute his vision if he wins ?