…and stop asking for too much change too fast. After all, we’re dancing as fast as we can. Obama spokesman Gibbs criticizes the left for criticizing Obama too much for not doing enough. And not just the left, either: the … Continue reading →
…at taxpayer expense. [ADDENDUM: Even Obama apologist extraordinaire Ruth Marcus can’t seem to muster up much enthusiasm for the defense of this one, although she tries.]
Continue reading →The latest Gallup poll on Obama’s job approval rating among whites, blacks, and Hispanics highlights the continuing huge differential in opinion between whites and blacks: 38% of whites presently approve of the job Obama is doing while 88% of blacks … Continue reading →
…not. Asked what it means that voters in Missouri would vote against the federal mandate, Gibbs said: “Nothing.” As I wrote last Saturday: …[Obama] ignores the wishes of the American people, something neither FDR nor Clinton would ever do…Obama sees … Continue reading →
One of the most perverse things about Obama is that, when he’s trying to get tough with the opposition, what he says about them is often the best clue to what he’s actually doing, or planning to do. Case in … Continue reading →
…some time during his first term is virtually nil, IMHO, although it’s been discussed at times in the comments section of this blog and others. I don’t think there’s even a small chance of his resigning from office before the … Continue reading →
…for Obama to turn into George W. Bush, ballot box poison.
Continue reading →On reading two recent pieces about Obama—this one by Jeff Shesol for The Daily Beast, and this by Jay Cost of HorseRaceBlog—I get the idea that both authors are still struggling to understand the guy and still not quite getting … Continue reading →
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
“Fascist” is a word that’s too freely thrown around and too widely misunderstood. But this article makes a persuasive case that it can rightly be applied to President Obama.
Continue reading →Abe Greenwald of Commentary puts his finger on one characteristic of Obama’s that strikes an especially discordant note: his repetitive need to pass the buck and make excuses. It was one of the very first things I noticed about Obama, … Continue reading →
…writes a depressing column: Act One [of Obama’s plan] is over. The stimulus, Obamacare, financial reform have exhausted his first-term mandate. It will bear no more heavy lifting. And the Democrats will pay the price for ideological overreaching by losing … Continue reading →