The President blames, quite rightly, congressional Republicans for blocking reform, but plenty of Democrats, both in Congress and in the statehouses, have no stomach for tackling the issue, either — certainly not in an election year.
Obama's Democratic critics acknowledge his immigration accomplishments -- or attempts -- and blame Republicans for blocking reform.
After months of Democrats hammering Republicans politically for blocking reform, Obama and those who urged him to delay action have now turned themselves into the enemies as well by making a big promise and backing out at the last minute.
He has made a career of blocking reform.
When those Basij boys told me that they would willingly die to defend the revolution, I thought that if their leaders succeed in blocking reforms for too much longer, then one day they may well have to do just that Some names have been changed.
By the time legislative elections started on June 9, the issue had shifted once more as voters swung right to avoid five more years of the right-left power-sharing blamed for paralyzing government and blocking reform.
"And now he's blocking reform.
City officials say they are prevented from controlling costs by state regulations, and state officials complain that influential lobbyists for private contractors have blocked reforms in Albany.
City officials say that when it comes to reining in the program they are constrained by state regulations, and maintain that influential lobbyists for private contractors have blocked reforms in Albany.
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said Devlet Bahceli's Nationalist Action Party, now the biggest party in the coalition, had promised not to block reforms needed for European Union membership, in return for setting an election date.
