How did Obama even have a chance to succeed? The very night he was inaugurated in 2009.. a group of top Republicans met to formulate the plan to block EVERY issue they possibly could.
http://ourfuture.org/20141103/will-the-gops-caucus-room-conspiracy-pay-off-on-election-day
On the eve of the 2014 elections, it’s important to remember that Republicans have been deliberately sabotaging both the President and the economy for five years. They made their intentions perfectly clear in the meeting Thom Hartmann calls “Caucus Room conspiracy”
meetings of 2009, and in 2010 remarks in which Mitch McConnell declared that “the single most important thing we (Republicans) want to achieve” is to make Barack Obama a “one-term president.”
Pundits are blaming the Democrats’ difficulties on President Obama’s unpopularity. If this election turns out to be a referendum on Barack Obama, we need to remind ourselves that the “Caucus Room conspiracy” set out to drive down his popularity by undermining government efforts to revive the economy, and by ensuring that he had as few legislative accomplishments as possible. Obama’s
low poll numbers can be attributed in large part to this unpatriotic effort.
Here's the list of those present at that meeting!
the guest list that night (which was just over 15 people in total) included Republican Reps. Eric Cantor (Va.), Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Paul Ryan (Wis.), Pete Sessions (Texas), Jeb Hensarling (Texas), Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) and Dan Lungren (Calif.), along with Republican Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Ensign (Nev.) and Bob Corker (Tenn.). The non-lawmakers present included Newt Gingrich, several years removed from his presidential campaign, and Frank Luntz, the long-time Republican wordsmith. Notably absent were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) -
