Misunderestimating Obama
Charles Krauthammer is not bullish on America right now. Reason? It’s not only because of Obama, but also the fact that Obama has only just finished the first act of what well could be a two-act play. Drawing from parallels to successful two-term presidents of recent memory, Dr. Krauthammer observes:
The net effect of 18 months of Obamaism will be to undo much of Reaganism. Both presidencies were highly ideological, grandly ambitious and often underappreciated by their own side. In his early years, Reagan was bitterly attacked from his right. (Typical Washington Post headline: “For Reagan and the New Right, the Honeymoon Is Over” — and that was six months into his presidency!) Obama is attacked from his left for insufficient zeal on gay rights, immigration reform, closing Guantanamo — the list is long. The critics don’t understand the big picture. Obama’s transformational agenda is a play in two acts.
Act One 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 one or both houses, whether de facto or de jure. The rest of the first term will be spent consolidating these gains (writing the regulations, for example) and preparing for Act Two.
Aah, but Obama is not only being pummeled from the right, he’s getting it from the left! He’s losing the independent vote in droves. Surely he couldn’t be re-elected in 2012.
Well, think again.
The next burst of ideological energy [from BHO] — massive regulation of the energy economy, federalizing higher education and “comprehensive” immigration reform (i.e., amnesty) — will require a second mandate, meaning reelection in 2012.
That’s why there’s so much tension between Obama and congressional Democrats. For Obama, 2010 matters little. If Democrats lose control of one or both houses, Obama will probably have an easier time in 2012, just as Bill Clinton used Newt Gingrich and the Republicans as the foil for his 1996 reelection campaign.
Obama is down, but it’s very early in the play. Like Reagan, he came here to do things. And he’s done much in his first 500 days. What he has left to do he knows must await his next 500 days — those that come after reelection.
If ever you thought that working against an Obama re-election might just not be worth it, either because you believe his defeat is a given (due to loss of the Independents) or unstoppable (because of the minority/ACORN illegal vote), then think again. Obama has his all-seeing eye fixed rigidly on the 2012 prize, not to mention your wallet and your freedom. He must be stopped, but history suggests that he may be unstoppable, especially if the GOP underestimate him as they have done so often already.
Email This
Posted by The MaryHunter on July 18, 2010 6:13 pm
» Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Barack Obama, Communism, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Elections, Fiscal Responsibility, GOP, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Healthcare, History, House, News, Politics As Usual, President, Republicans, Senate, Totalitarianism, Video, Voter/Election Fraud, anti-Liberty/Freedom, liberalism, pork spending
Trackback URL:
- Louisiana says Bush’s leadership was better | MorallyRight.org pinged this post.
- Unemployment: America’s New Welfare Program : Stop The ACLU pinged this post.
Comments
2 Responses to “Misunderestimating Obama”
-
-
-
Affiliations
The Giants
Advertise
-
-
Our Store
- Click the design to visit our store and help Stop the ACLU!
-
- More blogs about the ACLU
Syndicate Me
Krauthammer is a smart guy. All the more reason we should impeach after winning Congress, given this analysis. No quarter when the republic is at stake.
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
[For a light hearted take on our present peril]
Be wary of the GOP. While Michael Steele is busy lobbying for a private jet the multitude of Tea Party groups have been exceedingly effective in producing significant primary wins. “Angry John” McCain is a perfect GOP member, flip-flopping on immigration and now calling his opponent J.D. Hayworth a “…pig” in so many words, which looks more like a page from the libs playbook. Beware the enemy within…look hard at the Tea Party(s) for a leader primed for “deregulation” of our nation and one who isn’t afraid to fight on the pure basis of conservatism. As Rush says “…it works every time it’s tried”