Posted on 12/15/2014 11:38:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Remember when pundits loved the president? The conditions are right for that old feeling to return.
Remember when pundits loved Barack Obama? Its been quite a few years now. But I suspect some of the adoration is about to come back.
There are three reasons. The first is that politically, Obamas immigration gamble is working. Fearful of alienating Hispanics or shutting down the government, Republican leaders have largely abandoned hope of overturning Obamas move. Whats more, Obamas approval ratings are up 15 points among Hispanics but have not dropped among Anglo whites. Add immigration to health-care reform and the fiscal stimulus and more commentators will start noticing that, whether you like Obamas agenda or not, its been the most consequential of any Democratic presidents since Lyndon Johnson.
Second, and more importantly, the economy is improving. The third quarter saw the fastest job growth in three years, and the unemployment rate is now 5.8 percent, down from 10 percent in 2009. Gas prices are also plunging. And theres evidence Americans are beginning to notice. As Time recently noted, consumer confidence has just hit its highest mark in eight years. Even if the improving economy doesnt boost Obamas approval rating, its likely to improve the way hes seen by the Beltway press. And given the role a strong economy played in buoying Bill Clintons approval ratings in the late 1990s, despite the Monica Lewinsky scandal, its quite possible that Obamas will rise too, which will further fuel the journalistic perception that Obama is back....
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
The poor man never got the adoring press that Palin and Reagan, and George W. received, it is a testament to his courage that he managed to hold up to the onslaught of the media attacks on his every move and utterance, and the comedians ridiculing him every night.
I guess this late at night, I should be sure to label this sarcasm.
What is this guy smoking? It seems to be powerful stuff. Wait until the impact of ObamaCare hits the major employers’ employees after the first of the year. . .
Wait til the scandals start to leak out more! Wait until the Senate belongs to the GOP in January—wait until a new Terrorist attack and Americans die? Wait until Russia moves into Ukraine and captures Keiv. Wait until Baghdad falls to IS—and the rivers run with blood and heads. Wait for more problems rock the boat.
That is a grade a squish!
“The first is that politically, Obamas immigration gamble is working. Fearful of alienating Hispanics or shutting down the government, Republican leaders have largely abandoned hope of overturning Obamas move.”
Can’t argue with him about that, as much as I would like to.
How many here predict that the RINOs that are going to run the House and the Senate will do anything about this come February?
Where he’s wrong is in thinking that just because the RINOs caved that the people caved as well and that all of a sudden they’re happy about what the dictator did.
Any thing from The Atlantic should carry a Barf Alert.
Wait until Biden’s boast “We’re out of Afghanistan in 2014. Period. It doesn’t depend on conditions.” becomes “except for 10,800 troops. “ not involved in combat operations”—just sitting ducks waiting around to get blown up?
Huh??? The Beltway press already suffers fecal poisoning from their servicing of Obamugabe.
The author, Peter Beinart, used to work for the New Republic.
A child still at the age of 44, Peter wrote a book entitled “The Good Fight: Why Liberals-—and Only Liberals-—Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again”.
So consider the source.
Come in Planet Earth. I am lost in space with a moon bat named Peter Beinhart. Calling Planet Earth. Do you hear me?
“Wait til the scandals start to leak out more!”.....
There has been more than enough scandals to hang the bastard and his ilk. From where I sit, I see NOTHING will happen no matter how many scandals there are or ever will be. You think Clinton was the “Teflon President”? Clinton wasn’t even close to what the current clown has be allowed to get away with.
Journalism school must include some really potent drugs with the side-effect of withering away the cognitive parts of the brain.
“Get Ready for the Obama Boomlet”
Get ready for more fake polls from the bed-wetting fascists. Seig heil!
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