After watching his speech, my main take-away was that Obama really, really wants to bomb Syria. He made a speech on national TV. His administration is constantly calling members of congress to whip their votes. My point is this is what it looks like when President Obama is going all out in support of something. It isn't always successful and there are limits to what the president can change using this type of advocacy, but it's the most he can do from his position.
Other things he has put this type of effort into passing:
The Bailout (before he was elected, but he whipped house democrats to pass it)
The Affordable Care Act
A "Grand Bargain" that raised taxes in exchange for cutting the social safety net
The background check gun control bill
Bombing Syria
I'm writing this while fairly tired so I may be missing a few, but that's what I can come up with off the top of my head.
That's a weird list, isn't' it?
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