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Reaction to Obama’s Speech Reflects the Limits of Government Power
5 comments on Reaction to Obama’s Speech Reflects the Limits of Government PowerThe President and the Left wing of his party believe that government is the answer to every problem. Obama now is being savaged from the Left over an environmental disaster that government is powerless to…
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How Much Trouble are the Democrats In?
Classmate, pal and fellow right-leaning ex-journalist Van Wallach at Kesher Talk thinks journalists are overplaying the Democratic debacle story line in Massachusetts: Don’t buy into the hype about terrible trouble for the Democrats. Some trouble,…
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Brown Victory Should Spell an End to Obamacare
I guess we can’t call it the People’s Republic of Massachusetts any more. At 52% to 47%, it wasn’t even particularly close. Democrats in the House are stumbling over each other as they back away…
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Honeymoon-Over Watch: He’s Lost MoDo
MoDoIf we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly feminine-looking underpants and a syringe full of acid, a man whose own father had alerted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a…
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I Still Prefer the Chicago Politician to the Obamessiah
As with any politician, Obama’s constituency is far from monolithic. But he had a large cadre of supporters who bought into the Obamessiah myth, and it was inevitable that they eventually would feel betrayed.
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Time May Have Expired for Obama’s “Crisis=Opportunity” Tactics
A few weeks after the November election, incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is, an…
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R.I.P., President Obama’s Honeymoon
It’s been a while since I’ve updated the Honeymoon-Over Watch. According to David J. Rothkopf at Foreign Policy, this should be the last update needed: Mark it on your calendars. It was in June 2009…
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Freeman Withdraws, And He Finally Makes Page 8
On page A8 of the New York edition, today’s New York Times finally publishes its very first article about Charles Freeman, after nearly two weeks of blogospheric controversy that was severe enough to scuttle the…
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Obama Honeymoon-Over Watch: Jon Stewart and Chas Freeman
I’ve been neglecting the “Honeymoon-Over Watch” category of my blog because the notion of “watching” for something implies infrequent sightings, not a target-rich environment. The media certainly has not been hounding Obama as mercilessly as…
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Honeymoon-Over Watch: Daschle and the Post-Racial Presidency
Tom Daschle withdrew as nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services yesterday, reportedly to enable him to audition for a better-paying movie gig as Harry Potter’s dad. The Washington Post reports (emphasis added): Obama…