The World Bids Farewell To Obama

The Business Insider ^ | 1-21-2010 | Charles Hawley

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The World Bids Farewell To Obama

Charles Hawley
Jan. 21, 2010, 9:32 AM

US President Barack Obama suffered a painful defeat in Massachusetts on Tuesday. With mid-term elections looming, it means that Obama will have to fundamentally re-think his political course. German commentators say it is the end of hope.

US President Barack Obama has had a number of difficult weeks during his first year in the White House. Right after he took office, he had to wade through a week full of partisan bickering over his economic stimulus package combined with a tax scandal surrounding Tom Daschle, the man Obama had hoped would lead his health care reform team. Then there was the last week of 2009, when a failed terror attack on a flight inbound for Detroit exposed major flaws in US efforts to identify and stop potential terrorists.

This week, though -- a week when Obama should have been celebrating the first anniversary of his inauguration -- may have been the president's worst yet.

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US President Barack Hussein Obama has had a number of difficult weeks during his first year in the White House. Right after he took office, he had to LAUNCH a week full of partisan bickering over his YET UNKNOWN economic stimulus package combined with a tax scandal surrounding Tom Daschle, the CROOKED TAX CHEAT Obama had hoped would lead his health care reform team.

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A wag the dog event, imho, is where the President, in order to escape public disgrace, creates a foreign enemy and declares war to get the pressure of of his own misdeeds.

In President Obama's case, I sincerely believe he will become incredibly hawkish and attack (probably Iran) one of America's very real enemies in order to distract the public.

For a better definition of where "Wag the Dog" came from, please see it in Wikipedia.