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Steve McCann has an excellent piece at American Thinker this morning, arguing compellingly that the Obama presidency is “failed” and effectively “over” because he has “abdicated” leadership to Congress. It’s good stuff, big chunks of red meat for a Monday morning.

But there might be a simpler reason.

 

President Obama has had a good two-plus years, handing out deficit-busting goodies to all the favorite Democrat constituencies. The EPA has become the monster it always threatened to be, the unions are stuffed full of automakers and have the mighty Boeing trembling at their power. The insurance companies are wards of the state, the medical profession has been saddled and broken. The symbiosis of Washington and Wall Street is complete, each too big to fail and utterly, sickeningly and dangerously co-dependent.

 

But yesterday’s debt deal showed that Obama’s goodie bag is empty. There’s nothing more to hand out. Santa Claus has left the building, and the Grinch has taken his place.

“Honestly,” the Democrats must be wondering, “what good is he to us now?”

 

Bernie Sanders saw the writing on the wall a week ago, which is why he called for a primary challenger — and Obama might yet get one. Oh, no one to make the few surviving Obamanoids sweat their simple little brows; incumbent Obama almost certainly can’t be beaten in a Democratic primary race. And I doubt he has the magnanimity to pull an LBJ and refuse to seek reelection. In fact, on the off chance the President reads this, I bet he’d have to look up the word “magnanimity.”

And then he’d probably chuckle at it. Anyway.

 

Today, President Obama is a shrunken executive, unable to do anything to influence the debt negotiations other than to scold the grownups doing the negotiating. And a nation mired in debt and out of work and with little remaining hope for the future, is tired of being scolded.

The progressives and the unions and the nanny-staters and all the rest — they’re tired, too. Come the election, they’ll get out there and plant the yard signs and raise the money and push the doorbells and twit the tweets. But their hearts won’t be in it. Because they’ll know that, come 2013, this shrunken, ineffective President will face an House and a Senate fully controlled by the “Taliban wing” of the GOP. If Obama couldn’t stand up to a Congress half-controlled by the GOP, how will he fare against the next one, after the GOP takes the Senate, too?

 

“Not well at all,” is the inescapable conclusion. And if you were asked how Obama has done in office overall, “not well at all,” is the most generous thing you could say in response — other than “it’s over,” for an Administration not even three years old.

 

Don’t get me wrong. If the GOP nominates one of its Unwinnables, Obama could very well take the election next year — but to what purpose?

 

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Originally Posted by Roland Pfalz:

 

 

Steve McCann has an excellent piece at American Thinker this morning, arguing compellingly that the Obama presidency is “failed” and effectively “over” because he has “abdicated” leadership to Congress. It’s good stuff, big chunks of red meat for a Monday morning.

But there might be a simpler reason.

 

President Obama has had a good two-plus years, handing out deficit-busting goodies to all the favorite Democrat constituencies. The EPA has become the monster it always threatened to be, the unions are stuffed full of automakers and have the mighty Boeing trembling at their power. The insurance companies are wards of the state, the medical profession has been saddled and broken. The symbiosis of Washington and Wall Street is complete, each too big to fail and utterly, sickeningly and dangerously co-dependent.

 

But yesterday’s debt deal showed that Obama’s goodie bag is empty. There’s nothing more to hand out. Santa Claus has left the building, and the Grinch has taken his place.

“Honestly,” the Democrats must be wondering, “what good is he to us now?”

 

Bernie Sanders saw the writing on the wall a week ago, which is why he called for a primary challenger — and Obama might yet get one. Oh, no one to make the few surviving Obamanoids sweat their simple little brows; incumbent Obama almost certainly can’t be beaten in a Democratic primary race. And I doubt he has the magnanimity to pull an LBJ and refuse to seek reelection. In fact, on the off chance the President reads this, I bet he’d have to look up the word “magnanimity.”

And then he’d probably chuckle at it. Anyway.

 

Today, President Obama is a shrunken executive, unable to do anything to influence the debt negotiations other than to scold the grownups doing the negotiating. And a nation mired in debt and out of work and with little remaining hope for the future, is tired of being scolded.

The progressives and the unions and the nanny-staters and all the rest — they’re tired, too. Come the election, they’ll get out there and plant the yard signs and raise the money and push the doorbells and twit the tweets. But their hearts won’t be in it. Because they’ll know that, come 2013, this shrunken, ineffective President will face an House and a Senate fully controlled by the “Taliban wing” of the GOP. If Obama couldn’t stand up to a Congress half-controlled by the GOP, how will he fare against the next one, after the GOP takes the Senate, too?

 

“Not well at all,” is the inescapable conclusion. And if you were asked how Obama has done in office overall, “not well at all,” is the most generous thing you could say in response — other than “it’s over,” for an Administration not even three years old.

 

Don’t get me wrong. If the GOP nominates one of its Unwinnables, Obama could very well take the election next year — but to what purpose?

 

http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkap...ief-pre-post-mortem/


Pajamasmedia, really????  (This is deja vu, I have had this same argument with b50m before)

This is a post from a right wing blogger.

Most of this garbage is just right wing blather and there is really nothing new to see here.

 

But, if rethugliteacons think that they scored any points with the independent voters you are living in a delusional (well in Roland's case this is correct) world of not accepting facts.

 

The truth is NOBODY won in this manufactured crisis.  The real losers are the American people.  But after reflection, it may be the case that people realize who the real villians in the debt debate were and are.

 

Pew Poll: Americans Say Debt Fiasco 'Ridiculous'

 

Monday, 01 Aug 2011 04:37 PM

By Henry J. Reske

 
 
Americans on the right, left and center overwhelming view the talks to raise the debt ceiling as ridiculous, disgusting, stupid and frustrating.
Politicians, whether the president or congressional leaders, fared little better in public opinion, the latest survey by the Pew Center for the People and the Press and The Washington Post showed.
Negative terms, including childish and a joke, were chosen by 72 percent of the public to sum up the talks. Only 2 percent offered a positive view of the process in the poll of 1,001 adults conducted July 28 through the 31.
Republicans viewed the process negatively by 75 percent, Democrats 72 percent and Independents 72 percent. Among GOP members who agree with the tea party, 83 percent had a negative view.
President Barack Obama was viewed less favorably by 37 percent and more favorably by 18 percent. House Speaker John Boehner was viewed less favorably by 34 percent and more favorably by 11 percent.
Republican members of Congress took a bigger hit than Democrats. GOP members were viewed less favorably by 42 percent and more favorably by 11. Tea party members were viewed less favorably by 37 percent and more favorably by 11 while Democrats polled at 30 and 13 percent respectively.
Of tea party Republicans, 78 percent say their view of President Obama had gotten worse while 43 percent say their view of Speaker Boehner has improved. Among Republicans who do not support the tea party or are neutral, only 4 percent say they now have a positive view of tea party members in Congress.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Pew Poll: Americans Say Debt Fiasco 'Ridiculous'

Republican members of Congress took a bigger hit than Democrats. GOP members were viewed less favorably by 42 percent and more favorably by 11. Tea party members were viewed less favorably by 37 percent and more favorably by 11 while Democrats polled at 30 and 13 percent respectively.



Maybe the Dems can take back the House in 2012!!!!!



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