>>Obama has succeeded in pissing off the left AND the right (albeit for very different reasons).
Quite an accomplishment in his first year.....<<
This isn’t about Obama, though he is almost certainly making the inevitable worse. I told my republican friends before the election that they should consider if they really wanted McCain to win because when this went boom - and it is inevitable - the party in charge will be blamed. Many have now publicly argued that McCain did not want to win in 2008. It may explain the pathetic race.
“This isn’t about Obama, though he is almost certainly making the inevitable worse. I told my republican friends before the election that they should consider if they really wanted McCain to win because when this went boom - and it is inevitable - the party in charge will be blamed. Many have now publicly argued that McCain did not want to win in 2008. It may explain the pathetic race.”
There is merit to this. At this point, I think Obama’s people know what’s coming and their immediate goal is to kick it out past 2010 and then 2012. Hence, the frantic re-inflation of the stock market and real estate market with obvious temporary fixes that will hurt more in the long run than they help now.
This is kind of like Hearts. Someone is going to end up with the Queen of Spades. Whoever that is will become the next Herbert Hoover. If Obama manages to keep the economic balls in the air thru 2012, the next president will get the Queen. If he doesn’t, Obama already has it. My bet is Obama already has it.