This segment originally aired on the August 31, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV.

There is no question that our current Republican Congress is the least productive AND the most obstructive in recent memory. But a good share of the blame lies with President Obama, who continues to use the power of the bully pulpit to hold the Republicans accountable to the American public, and that’s going to be his legacy.

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio talks about this with best-selling author Thomas Frank.

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