The President has obviously got no negotiating skills.
We petition that he learn how to stand up to Republicans and stop giving in before the negotiating ever starts. One of his priorities in the first election was to close Gitmo, but a few Republicans disagreed, so he backed down.
Everyone wanted healthcare reform, so the president convinced Democrats to give Republicans everything they wanted to get them on board, but it still didn't work.
When Republicans held the country hostage in the debt ceiling debates, somehow they ended up getting 98% of what they wanted, yet get to blame the President for all the problems it caused.
We propose that the President grow some balls and stop giving everything away in negotiations. How hard is it to stand up and tell them that you won in Nov?