Obama's Corruption 2

Obama Vastly Overstates Power of Public Opinion

• By Jonathan Chait

   

At his remarks today touting support for background checks on guns, President Obamasaid, "Nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change." Actually, since background checks command 90 percent in the polls but lack support from Republicans in Congress, pretty clearly millions of voices calling for change are less powerful than holding a House majority. They're also less powerful than a Senate majority. Or even 41 Senators, who can stop anything they want. A well-funded lobby probably beats millions of voices calling for change, too.

Basically, everything is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change.

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