A Civil War Rages In Obamaland
When it rains, it pours. It may be a cliché, but hey, it’s true. Here are some headlines from major newspapers and blogs:
“Centrist Dems talking health care coalition with Republicans” (The Hill)
“Alliances in Health Debate Splinter” (Washington Post)
“Obama losing some support among moderate Dems” (Associated Press)
“Democrats Grow Wary as Health Bill Advances” (New York Times)
“What’s next, Mr President – Cardigans?: Obama’s Domestic Agenda Teeters” (Washington Post)
“He Needs Some Serious Self-Reflection” (Commentary)
“Obama no longer stressing August deadline for passing health reform bill” (Politico)
From day one, Obama made one major mistake: he thought he could use his personal popularity to pull the country to the left. Sadly for him, however, America still is very much a center-right country. Americans voted for him last year, when he still was the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate, yes, but they did so because they thought he was actually a moderate.
It only took voters a couple of months before they realized they had made a tragic mistake. Obama is many things, but moderate is not one of ‘em. He was not only the most liberal member of the US Senate, he is also quickly becoming the most liberal president in history.
As a result his approval rating drops – fast. The latest Rasmussen polls show that only 52% of voters say they somewhat approve of his policies. That’s a reasonable score after five or six years in office, not after five or six months.
Read my whole post at Hot Air.
I would caution against jumping on the Obama Derangement Syndrome or ODS. It destroyed a good man in President Bush who was sincerely trying to defend this country even if he got a bit over zealous in doing so.
I think Obama will become the president we all hoped he would be IF the Democrats take the pounding in the polls Im predicting they are going to take as a result of their IRAQ…(Cap and Trade and Health Care combined with humongous deficits and a teetering economy).
My hope is that the GOP puts balance back into the process, forces the far left to NOT begrudge him a more moderate stand and that in fact we as a nation can then actually accomplish some things.
I would caution the GOP to use moderation and to set the stage to work with the president.
Damn this OBS, BDS and any other DS thats out there.
The thing is that these nervous democrats aren’t necessarily acting out of some ideological disapproval of the up-tempo drive for HC reform. Some of them are hardly concerned with America’s direction or their constituents’ need for thought-out HC. They just don’t want any trouble from their financial backers and lobbyists.
Despite the fact that it is their voters and their party that will take the impact if reform comes to naught, in their eyes any decent reform is “too early” or “not detailed enough”.
So it is not clear that it is Obama’s supposed far-lefterismishness that is bothering them – they will frown as long as the money frowns.
It’s funny – if Obama doesn’t do anything he and his party will suffer. But if he tries to do something there will always be lobbyist-beholden “centrists” trying to keep things on the backburner. The GOP will obstruct everything by default. They’re not allowed to not do anything, they’re not allowed to do nothing.
All the GOP needs to do is give the Spender-in-Chief credit where credits due.
- more lost jobs
- highest deficit
- government controlled industry
- crony stacked cabinet
- higher taxes
- higher cost of living
Just hammer it home
I can see the next Prez campaign slogan
Fewer jobs today means fewer to save tomorrow.