louisiana purchase there was no grassroots army pushing congress. obama never even asked his 13 million e-mail supporters for much input on that legislation. and i don t think he asked them to confront gop obstructionists either. now the president signals he needs an outside game to get his back if he is re-elected. here is how he put it. something that i d really like to concentrate on in my second term is being in a much more constant conversation with the american people so that they can put pressure on congress to help move some of these issues forward. . put pressure on congress. well, i think he means the republicans in congress. and i hope he means pressuring them to change the obstructionist rules that stop reform, like endless minority filibusters for bills such as the jobs act that have majority support. so while obama s memory of the health care fight may involve some revisionist history, it does sound to me that he has learned the right lesson for writing the next chapt