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Re:Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged by TheCoelacanth on Monday May 23, 2022 @01:31PM (#31482095)
> Obama had this super majority for a number of weeks

Even that is an exaggeration. There was never a Democratic supermajority.

He was able to cobble together a super majority on one issue. One of the Senators making up the supermajority that passed ACA literally spoke at the RNC convention and endorsed Obama's opponent[1].

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-4176

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Re:Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged by DFHippie on Monday May 23, 2022 @04:48PM (#31484608)
Right. In his brief window of opportunity Obama could only achieve what the most conservative/deluded member of his caucus would agree to.
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