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Fineman: A Turning Tide? (establishment worried "president may not have what it takes")
Newsweek ^ | Mar 10, 2009 | Howard Fineman

Posted on 03/10/2009 7:39:55 PM PDT by GOPGuide

Surfer that he is, President Obama should know a riptide when he's in one. The center usually is the safest, most productive place in politics, but perhaps not now, not in a once-in-a-century economic crisis.

Swimming in the middle, he's denounced as a socialist by conservatives, criticized as a polite accommodationist by government-is-the-answer liberals, and increasingly, dismissed as being in over his head by technocrats.

Luckily for Obama, the public still likes and trusts him, at least judging by the latest polls, including NEWSWEEK's.But, in ways both large and small, what's left of the American establishment is taking his measure and, with surprising swiftness, they are finding him lacking.

They have some reasons to be concerned. I trace them to a central trait of the president's character: he's not really an in-your-face guy.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho2009; bho44; democrats; emptysuit; establishment; fineman; finemean; first100days; firstrealjob; impeachzero; obama; onthejobtraining; overwhelmed; unfit; weakling
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To: grey_whiskers

Thanks for the ping!


61 posted on 03/10/2009 9:03:08 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

I thought the most ridiculous thing that the Messiah has ever said is that George Bush made me a socialist. That’s like saying that I became bad hitter in baseball because the pitcher threw me a curve ball I could not hit.


62 posted on 03/10/2009 9:06:39 PM PDT by techno
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To: GOPGuide
he's not really an in-your-face guy.

No, he is a coward who gets others (including the MSM) to do the dirty work for him!

63 posted on 03/10/2009 9:06:47 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

4 days in a row with a 43% disapproval number (Rasmussen)


64 posted on 03/10/2009 9:07:41 PM PDT by techno
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To: GOPGuide
Obama is no socialist

Like hell he's not!

65 posted on 03/10/2009 9:11:06 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

That’s like saying that Alex Rodriguez didn’t do steroids.


66 posted on 03/10/2009 9:13:16 PM PDT by techno
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To: goodnesswins

The Establishment is a term used to refer to the traditional ruling class elite and the structures of society that they control.


67 posted on 03/10/2009 9:13:32 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: livius

He’s extremely in-your-face. He ridicules and attacks private citizens, he reacts like a lunatic to any criticism, people are scared to criticize him...how much more “in your face” do they want?
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Yes, when he has no face to face opposition. He’s a pussy.


68 posted on 03/10/2009 9:15:21 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: GeronL

he rubs his nose with his middle finger at debates... on camera.

yes, he is in-your-face
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Malcom X did that too. I saw it in a picture. zer0 is weak, and he is an as*hole.


69 posted on 03/10/2009 9:16:32 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: kcvl

Thanks....I thought that....but, it’s also a very generic term.....


70 posted on 03/10/2009 9:17:18 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
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To: livius
Spot on.

Obama is a street thug.

He tried to intimidate/threaten/harass Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor last year, and he has great Americans like Rush, Sean and Mark in his gun sights as well.

Obama is as filthy as raw sewage, and he is as evil as hell.

71 posted on 03/10/2009 9:17:55 PM PDT by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: kcvl

Obama is no socialist

Like hell he’s not!
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He’s NOT a socialist. He’s a full blown COMMUNIST!


72 posted on 03/10/2009 9:19:26 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: GOPGuide
he's not really an in-your-face guy...No? - seems to me I recall reading that some of his advice during his community organizing days was that organizers should get out and argue with people and "get in their faces" - on the other hand he is mostly all talk and no action, so maybe this was just more hot air......
73 posted on 03/10/2009 9:21:56 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: ken21
"fineman says obama is no socialist"

Well...he HAS a point....He's a MARXIST!!!

74 posted on 03/10/2009 9:22:01 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Conservative and fighting for freedom and liberty....whether you like it or not.)
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To: GOPGuide

later


75 posted on 03/10/2009 9:22:12 PM PDT by I_be_tc
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To: techno

LOLOL!


76 posted on 03/10/2009 9:31:38 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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“....Swimming in the middle...”

I wonder what the heck they are putting in the coffee at Newsweak?

77 posted on 03/10/2009 9:35:57 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
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To: GOPGuide

...No job is too big for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself”...Mr. 0’s SOP


78 posted on 03/10/2009 9:52:27 PM PDT by mckinleysghost (visually stunning but utimately pointless)
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To: GOPGuide
Fineman writes like he's afraid of being criticized by Obama and/or his staff.

Unlike Cramer, Santelli, Limbaugh, who say it like it is — he wrote this piece in a very COWARDLY, wimpy (girlie man) way.

Poor Howard — looking for approval in all the wrong places.

79 posted on 03/10/2009 9:54:30 PM PDT by detch
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To: Black Birch

Him and all his henchmen.

In the past few days I’ve seen video of him telling a heckler to “go f*ck yourself”, video of Rangel telling a taxpayer to “mind your g*ddamned business”, a story of Nazi Pelosi pissed because the entire fracking Air Force wasn’t at her beck and call.

These people need a dose of reality.


80 posted on 03/10/2009 10:04:29 PM PDT by FrogMom (No such thing as an honest democrat!)
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