Hi Everybody,
http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/297152/obama-im-blue-dog-heart
First, a fascinating bit of self-perception on the part of the
president, p.312:
The president had been taking questions for almost an hour. He had
apologetically told the mostly liberal crowd that he had been forced to
take a centrist point of view in his presidency because of divided
government. (Never mind that Obama had told conservative Democrats in
Congress that he was one of them, too: “I’m a Blue Dog at heart,” he had
said in more than one meeting.)
(Insert dog jokes here.)
Second, a fascinating statement from the president at a fundraiser on
the last day of June last year, p. 313-314:
“When you ran for president, you awakened something in this country
I haven’t seen since President Kennedy,” [Obama donor Judee von
Seldeneck] said, looking directly at the president. “Why don’t you
provide the leadership we all expected from you and desperately need?”
It was the elephant in the room: what had happened to the Barack Obama
of 2008?
The other donors applauded.
His answer was weak, von Seldeneck said later. Looking irritated,
the president used a line he deployed a lot that summer, about being
wiser, grayer, battle-tested. He blamed some of his ills on Congress,
and said he needed to see the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations
through. “I can’t come untethered yet,” he said, and von Seldeneck
wondered what that meant.
He acknowledged the way his former success hung around his neck.
“I’m running against the Barack Obama of 2008,” he said, but he also
made what sounded like an unrealistic promise. “If you thought the last
campaign was something, you just wait for the next one. It’s going to be
better,” he finished.
Man, when the Obama of today runs against the Obama of 2008, I cannot
wait to see the attack ads.
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Regards,
Pete
http://pete-theisen.com/
http://elect-pete-theisen.com/
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