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human
Why do people keep blaming Obama for the things he wasn't able to accomplish instead of congress? 

Obviously I understand why the republicans would want to point the finger at Obama, and I understand why Liberals might be disappointed that he didn't perhaps fight harder, but it bothers me when liberals and shows like The Daily Show and SNL mock him for things that he may have been able to accomplish if the republicans had been willing to work with him at all.
gpt
It's hard to point the finger at 535 people, so the President gets the blame for most of it when it goes wrong, and on the flip side, he gets the praise when something goes right, even though in all cases he needs to work with Congress. His actual power is often inflated by the media.

There's also a well documented phenomenon showing that most Americans approve of their own congressmen and congresswomen, even if they don't approve of congress as a whole. There's an attitude of "Congress is terrible, but not our guy. Our guy is pretty good" that is held all across the country. Most congressional representatives have a fairly high approval within their own districts, even when those same constituents have an abysmal approval rating for Congress as a whole.