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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (85126)	11/8/2010 7:38:36 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Stories The Media Tells Itself 08 Nov 2010 06:22 pm Yglesias is irked by them: Back when Republicans were unpopular because of the poor economy in late 2008, Barack Obama’s calm demeanor amidst economic crisis was said to be key to his popularity. Then when Democrats became unpopular because of the poor economy in late 2009, Barack Obama’s calm demeanor amidst economic crisis was said to be the key to his unpopularity. But if the economy improves, then conventional wisdom about every single aspect of Obama’s personality and policy agenda will pivot around that fact. With the economy in the dumps, the health care bill is liberal overreach. If the economy improves, the health care bill will be said to demonstrate the genius of pushing a moderate proposal with no public option. Just you wait. Having been through this cycle a couple more times than Matt has, even I have been struck by the lame predictability of the media's sudden turn. Nothing we didn't know - but confirmation nonetheless: too many in the media don't have any view but what is outside themselves. They're afraid to be biased, and therefore too quick to jump on what seems like the majority mood at any time. I remain of the view that Obama's temperament is still a great asset; as his attention to policy; and his obvious mixture of great egotism and epistemic modesty. I think he understands that playing the GOP political narrative game can trap you. Politics is not a game, in his view. And in the end, I suspect Americans will go with the adult, not the swooning adolescents. andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

To: tejek who wrote (85126)	11/8/2010 8:06:59 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

BS, the vast majority of good honest liberal thinkers in this country have complained about Obama and you just call them all crazy. The kids and Independent's stay home because Obama did not do what he said he would do, and you call them crazy. Everyone is crazy except you and Obama. Look you are a good decent man and thinker, but you cannot call people like Bob Herbert, Eugene Robinson, Charles blow, Leonard Pitts (all black intellectuals) nuts; or the majority of all the other great thinkers in this country. Obama screwed up big time. He did not even try and do what he campaigned on. Why? don't tell people you are going to do something and then don't do it. When Obama told everyone he was "change you can believe in" and then did not even try to do things like the public option, or take on Wall street and the MIC, or end DADT, or torture or Quantanamo, or the wars, then that is not change you can believe in. The kids and everyone else really beleived he would at least try. How many filabusters did he force the Republican's's to mount? How many reconciliation's did he try. Where did he even engage in one big fight?