Doesn't Obama know that what may influence a lib/dem may not influence a con/GOP?
"The problem was that no matter how much golf we played or no matter how much we yukked it up, he had trouble getting his caucus to go along with doing the responsible thing on a whole bunch of issues over the past year."
You truly have no idea how government works. He didn't have any problem with HIS caucus. The Democrats in congress ("His Caucus") except for one or two Blue Dogs that are really actually are Republicons were totally with him. Remember the Super committee that was supposed to find a solution and failed? That was totally because and ONLY because of the GOP Tea Party Republicons would not compromise at all. They wanted ALL of the deficit reduction to come from SS and Medicare without a dime from Millionaires and Billionaires that have had the Bush Tax Cuts for over ten years.
He may not, but then you apparently don't know what it means to offer enough context for people to understand your questions.
WTF Does that question have to do with golf?
...or moderates or independents. His extreme progressivism has proven that he's just too polarizing.