[sickoflibs]

RE :”One theory is that since O has already won reelection, he could actually work with Rs to reform entitlements, without fear of leftist voter retaliation”

HA-HA, I think a few weeks ago I said that it could be a possibility in the next four years anyway, but I certainly was not predicting that he would and it is not lookin that way right now in the short term.

I would say that the lib Dem base (in both houses too) is telling him :
“We won. We beat them. No more deals(as in 2010). It is now time to stick it to them and make them pay. And no touchin entitlements. Stick it to the rich. Humiliate the House Rs.”

So O will give them their Republican blood (tax increases) first. Then we will see where he goes from there.

Here's my original point : Do we really want O to look successful at something like this like he looked to voters with Bin Laden? Sure Bin is dead but now we got four more years of O.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Maybe O really believes that massive govt spending is good for the economy, or at least part of him believes that.

Reagan had the Nixon curse to overcome in 1980, but the voters were at least smart enough to throw out Carter. I have doubts that Reagan would have won with the GWB curse and 2012 voters.