New Republic Worries About 'Disappointing Fall' of Obama

NewsBusters ^ | August 28, 2008 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

What a difference a few weeks make. It wasn't too long ago that the liberal media were already congratulating themselves on Barack Obama's "inevitable" victory. Many of those reports crossed the line into flat out gloating in which the election itself was a mere formality on the road to the coronation of the Lightworker. Well, that was then and now it appears that Obama's halo of perfection has become quite tarnished to the extent that the liberal New Republic is worrying if their erstwhile messiah is heading towards a "long, disappointing fall." John B. Judis, a senior editor of The New Republic, bites his fingernails with a revealing article titled, "Avoiding A Long, Disappointing Fall." Dr. Judis gives his diagnosis along with suggestions for a cure as to what is ailing the Obama campaign (emphasis mine):

The Barack Obama campaign has been floundering. If he had a lead in the polls in late June--and the summer polls are notoriously fickly--he clearly lost it by the convention's beginning. And so far, the convention--dominated, ironically, by the Clintons--has not particularly helped. Bill Clinton and Joe Biden performed quite well last night, but if Obama fails to deliver a spellbinding oration tonight, the Democrats could be in for a long and disappointing fall.

So how did the once "invincible" Obama end up appearing headed for a big fall? At first Judis absolves Obama of most of the blame and, unoriginally, faults white racism:

[PJ-Comix]

Read the whole article so you don't miss the money quote near the end:

And in making promises, he has to be careful to avoid endorsing programs that could be interpreted as irresponsible acts of tax-and-spend liberalism. He can propose a detailed plan for national health insurance once he is elected. For the moment, he should avoid anything that appears to require new taxes, or that appears to send a lot of money to inner-cities.

[Vision Thing]

Let zerobama have his dead-cat bounce!

[Bean Counter]

[GQuagmire]

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[HighlyOpinionated]

WE are NOT amused.

[Force of Truth]

So I was watching the Democrat National Convention just to get a laugh, because liberals are so entertaining when they act like themselves(really stupid), and sure enough, all the talking heads could talk about was how Obama is going to have to try and show that he knows something and that he has something of substance to deliver, etc. etc. At this point in the game, that should be a forgone conclusion, right? What a joke this idiot has turned out to be!

[conservativegramma]

ROFL!!!! Oh my gosh - LOL - I’m dying here laughing so hard at that pic.....