[IbJensen]

Novak said. “If they’d been around as long as I have, they’d realize that it isn’t heaven, and they don’t have a permanent invitation to stay anyway.”

As members of the party of death and communism, they'll have a permanent invitation to stay for an eternity in hell.

[livius]

In fact, Keene tells Newsmax, Obama did not win for the reasons he thinks he did, ...

Obama knows perfectly well why he won. Cheating, lying, taking illegal contributions, silencing all questions...but I guess he really can't talk about that. And not to fear, there will be a lot more of it for the next 4 years.

[SoldiersSister]

I believe much of this is very true.

There are high expectations for Obama. Ones he cannot possibly meet. When he lets them all down AND they see his true agenda the pendullum will swing back to the right due to the disillusioned voters.

Obama really has no idea what he is in for since he has absolutely no experience and governing anything! He is going to have some major mis-steps. You just wait and see.

He will over reach because he believes the voters gave him a mandate to do as he pleased.

We’ll see how that works out for him...and unfortunately for us innocent bystanders.

[Theodore R.]

The problem now though, Mr. Keene, is that the demographics seem perpetually against conservatives. You should know that. It is not like 1977, as the Carterites were slowly exposed. It still took four years for the American people “to see”.

[Caipirabob]

Obama Will Overreach

The nickname "Stumpy O'Carter" comes to mind.

[RU88]

My thinking on this is as follows: Zero will upon taking office give a tax break to middle and lower class taxpayers while at the same time not raising the tax on upper income individuals, thus further increasing the debt. I'm sure even his rat advisers are telling him that raising taxes in this economic environment is a recipe for disaster. That being said, he'll go to work on issues that won't require large amounts of government expenditures to solidify his base as in the “fairness doctrine”, open ballot union elections, wacko environmental decrees, and the abolishment of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” for gays in the military. He let's the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010 thereby effectively raising taxes on the roughly 60% of the population who still pay them. If that's not enough, which it won't be, at that point he'll go down the income scale until he taxes enough people to enact his agenda. This will take place shortly after the next round of Congressional elections in 2010.

[TalBlack]

“While Obama may be too smart to fall into that trap,”

I keep seeing this sentiment. I haven’t seen any indication that it’s true. A bowlingball could have run for president in Obozo’s circumstances. For that matter a bowlingball could have been editor of the Harvard Review in his stead. Obama is intelligent but I believe he will prove in the next 18 mos, to the people who are too stupid to know it already, that he isn’t very smart.

[Jackknife]

I do know this:

My girlfriend voted for him, not because of what he stands for, but as a vote against the GOP and conservatives. She didn't take the time to research, or even believe, the facts about this man. She just hated Bush and she always votes democrat. I know that in a couple of years she'll be singing a different tune when the dems take our 401K's, and she loses her job because her small business boss can't afford her because of all the capital gains taxes. It's a tough time in my household right now, but I know one day she'll come to her senses, and I hope the other obamunists in the country do the same.

[wally-balls]

I would love to know what percent of 0’s 52% voted for him just because they were fed up with Bush. In my opinion that’s not a group that can be expected to be too tolerant of extremes and will quickly abandon him once his true agenda sees the light of day. This man won because he was in the right place at the right time. Paraphrasing Bill Whittle in NRO, it took an unpopular war, an unpopular president, a feeble economy, a collapsing housing market, unprecedented amounts of private funds, and billions of dollars in free advertising courtesy of our “Fair and Objective” media to garner him a whopping 52%. Any other time in our past or any time in the future this man gets no more than 40%.

[Locomotive Breath]

Obama’s about to find out he wrote a big check with insufficient funds in his account.

[quadrant]

When I think of Obama, I think of Edward VIII.
Once George V spoke to Queen Mary about their son, “When I'm gone, the boy will ruin himself in six months.”
The old king was right.
Obama will ruin himself in six months. My sorrow is that the country will suffer so much on account of Barack Obama.

[floozy22]

Good article. Obama will definitely overreach. The only way democrats get elected is by making promises to give things to special interest groups. I just read an article saying that the groups for whom "fixing healthcare" is the main issue will be expecting payout quickly after BO takes office. They are already putting pressure on the yet-to-be-in-power administration to act asap. Imagine how many special interest groups they will have to pay back. And what will happen when inevitably, these special interest groups have agendas that conflict?

The dude's head will be spinning at warp speed in no time. We need to hunker down with lots of popcorn to watch the O Show. It's going to be an interesting 4 years.

[cyclotic]

There is no doub they will overreach and alienate most of America. Here’s a little essay I wrote and sent to a few friends last week.

There are several theories of history. The one I ascribe to is that history repeats itself about every twenty years and man learns nothing in the process.

The 89th Congress under Lyndon Johnson had a very solid Democrat majority both of Senators and Representatives. Johnson introduced his Great Society welfare economy and while he won election in 1966, he lost 48 House 4 Senate seats, derailing many of his plans. He reached too far and lost.

28 years later...

Bill Clinton took the reins in 1992 with a significant Democrat majority in both House and Senate. He overreached and in 1994 got spanked, losing 9 Senate and 54 House seats along with control of both the House and the Senate.

14 years later...

Barack Obama won the White House in a vote that was closer in popular vote than expected. The House and Senate will be in solid Democrat control...But, because history repeats itself about every twenty year and man learns nothing in the process, they will overreach and alienate the American people and they will lose.

Our next Congressional election cycle starts January 21, 2009. We should be done sucking our thumbs in the fetal position by then, so let’s get to work.

Another moment of our history…

During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, American forces were in Bastogne, France, surrounded by enemy forces. At that point, General Creighton Abrams was heard to exclaim “They’ve got us surrounded again...the poor bastards.”

Let that be our rallying cry as we lick our wounds and remember that God is in control and by the grace of God, we are Americans.

[uncbob]

he other reason the pendulum swings back quickly is that each party promises that they’re “going to solve all your problems.” Yet, a few years later, people say, “God, I elected him, but I’ve still got all these problems.”

Yeah well FDR got re-elected in 36 while the Depression was in full bloom

[The Great RJ]

While Obama’s hubris will causes him to make these over reaches they will not be without consequences. Implementing the Fairness Doctrine will be strongly opposed by talk radio and in the courts and the strength of the opposition may cause more moderate Democrats to rethink walking the plank with Obama. The end to secret voting in union elections will also be opposed from some surprising sources...uber liberal George McGovern is vehemently opposed. Obama’s lurch to the left will not come without great cost in his own party.

[RightWhale]

Been waiting since 1964 to see a Barry in the White House.

[CharacterCounts]

It does not matter what Obama thinks or knows. Pelosi, Reid, Moveon.org have clout and will use it on the domestic issues. In foreign affairs, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and a host of others are going to test him severely. As for security, terrorist will not miss their opportunity to try to push him around.

Since he has feet of clay and the heart of Oprah, he will fail miserably trying to contain any one of these tests let alone all of them.

[longtermmemmory]

Obama HAS overeached.

ONCE during the WH bailout meeting where he went petulant.

ONCE during the recent WH welcome with GWBush where obama demanded GWBush obey him and bail out GM.

[Nachoman]

Five bucks (while I still have it) says the economy will be far worse than it is today after six months of the Odummy administration.