After 12 months of being president, it is obvious that BO and his inner circle were very astute at Democratic Party politics, insomuch they were able to defeat Hillary in the primaries. They won the general election because of BOs charisma, a middle of the road GOP opponent, an unpopular president in GWB, and most importantly an economy tanking just at the right moment. Since then, its become very apparent that these Chicago Democrats are less skilled at governing. The falling poll numbers are showing this so much so that a recent poll showed BO dead even with an anonymous GOP candidate in 2012.
Peggy Noonan makes a great quote in the Wall Street Journal yesterday talking about this:
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But there's something else that has led Mr. Obama to his falling poll numbers. When FDR followed the disaster that was Herbert Hoover, he took a new and different path. The government would now hold a new place in the daily American reality. When Ronald Reagan followed the disaster that was Jimmy Carter, he took a new and different path. The federal government would be pushed back from its intrusions on Americans. But when Barack Obama took over after the disaster that was George W. Bush, he did not, in terms of the most pressing domestic issue after unemployment, take a new and different path. He spent, just like Mr. Bush, only even more. It was as if he were saying, "You think Bush broke the bank? I'll show you what a broken bank looks like." This isn't a departure, it's a doubling down.
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BO doesn't get it. He thinks if he moves to the center it will be a disaster politically. Bill Clinton was savvy enough to learn the lesson of the Newt Gingrich-led Republican Revolution of 1994. He triangulated and moved to the center and saved his hide for the 1996 race. I don't know if BO is flexible enough. In spite of his claims, I think he is an idealogue. I think he is perfectly fine losing the election in 2012 if he can radically change America's landscape in the process.
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