Why yes that was Reagan and GWB's middle name. But then when you are a tea bagging republican you ignore the tirades and other nonsense you say against liberals and others that don't fit your grumby old white boy club. Funny how you claim that Obama divided the country when the GOP has actively been dividing the country since 1979, you are either with the GOP or you are Anti American. So go take your lie back to Fox news rusty old chap, I hear they mess your nutty posts.

So the right attacks gays, that's not divisive. The candidate of the right can't stand up to the bullying of one of his staffers, a true sign of Romney great principled strength.

The right calls islam incompatable with America, that's not insulting to any potential americans

Heartland.org a right iwng media group takes of a billboard with a picture of the unabomber saying "I still believe in global warming do you?". Clearly a logic in depth serious scientific approach to the issue. No way tacky and divisive.

the gop wants to make women who want an abortion, well within their legal rights, to havea an unnecessary ultrasound oh but they don't to look at it....even though they have to say in writting they did if they don't look seems that's a completely pointless procedure.....they want them to have transvaginal ultrasounds because they have already consented to being sexually penetrated once so now their vaginas are free game for anyone apparently

Violence against women act politicized for the first time in history

the beckists and hannitites are obcessed with trying to portray obama as hating white people like his own mother....really bringing us all together on that

Allen West claims religious tolerance is anti american and that the entire progressive caucus are communists which naturally is illegal of course so clearly is not inteded to be an insult

the right calls the president a muslim, socialist, communist, terrorist, friend of terrorist, dictator, wanting to intentionally destroy american, a traitor, foreigner, anti-christ.............

The Ryan budget balances the financial hardships on the nation's middle class and poor

politicizing contraception

having the catholic church's business be held to the business law all other businesses have to follow an attack on all religion everywhere which naturally only applies to christianity because the GOP intentionally wants to link the words faith and religion only to xtianity......divisivie in it's own right

Bachmann, Perry, Santorum, Cain all say religious americans need to fight back against those who allegedly are not. In addition that the nation should be a theocracy and the only acceptable form would be that of a christian theocracy.

Bachmann and Santorum sign "marriage and family" pledge which claims black families were better under slavery

Newt Gingrich say's spanish is language of living in a ghetto

GOP congressman unwilling to discuss raising taxes on rich, middle class is a different story despite 60+% of americans in support of it

Santorum and Bachmann want don't ask don't tell back

GOP legislatures pass laws to ban already illegal sharia law, apparently only christian based theocratic systems are allowable.......no one with any serious push to bring in sharia law

GOP wants to constitutional amendment to prevent and override any state laws allowing gay marriage........2 out of three americans not against it.

Yes clearly Obama is responsible for all this divisive rhetoric of the GOP

Heck yes- the right is divisive. Almost to the extent Obama is.

Heck yes- the right is divisive. Almost to the extent Obama

Wrong. Other way around.

CC- could be. When discussing degrees of any issue- there are biases on the measuring stick either side uses. Suffice it to say both sides are very divisive and both want to work with the other side, but only in a one-way deal. And they both have opposite one-ways.

Perhaps Obama's biggest blunder was not rushing to the bi-partisan study he commissioned (Bowles-Simpson) for the deficit. Had he grabbed onto it, it might have been the perfect bill. The Left hated aspects of it and the Right hated other aspects of it- so both sides would have had skin in the game. Other proposals was the Gang of Six. Once more- a great leader has to recognize opportunity and pull all sides together in compromise. Two opportunities lost- and I don't foresee any others coming. Too risky because the other side will plaster adds on the negatives (read that- both sides).

perhaps except I do not want to see this president authoring any more pieces of legislation, it's not his job he has no right to do it nor does have any right to demand congress to pass anything

simpson-bowles should not have been passed it wasn't a complete package it was a nice starting point congress should have focused on, they choose not to work on it like the alleged grand bargain

But one must remember the sides have to pass it if they refuse to do so the president has no power to really force them to do anything without becoming despotic....so a great leader can force people to do things a good president can not, that over stepping the power. I think it is clear congress not the executive was intended to be the most active and in a manner of speaking powerful branch of government on domestic policy but over time for whatever reason now we have forgotten that and expect the executive to do the job congress refuses to get done. They have to be held accountable they are not without a great deal of blame.

CC- This President, and all the others, do indeed propose solutions and exert pressure on Congress.

I almost fell out of my chair this morning on the NBC Sunday Morning political news show when Tom Brokaw basically said the same thing. Bowles-Simpson wasa framework that was painfull enough to both sides that if it had been backed with any strength at all, it could have passed. Libs would have been mad at democrats, tea party people would have been mad at Republicans. But it could have passed at the start of the Congressional Session and we would have been in much better shape now. Compromise works best when both sides feel an equal amount of pain.

Carmen I have to disagree they don't think that Americans are "sleeping" as you would put it or are stupid. What they think is that if you disagree with them you're not an American because you disagree with them. Hence the assertion that when someone makes a suggestion to help the nation's problem on just about anything that differs from their idea that it is some veiled secret way of really trying to destroy America. The constant and very strictly right wing use of the term "true americans" as if somehow you can be a citizen and not be a true american......

So there you have it if you disagree you're not american....which is odd considering at any given time in history about 60% of the country doesn't agree with them so how we have a country of mostly not americans I don't know.....