With his 'Great Society Redux' budget has Obama demonstrated himself to be the uber liberal I originally feared he was? Get that feeling. Question I'm asking: have they made judgment that they can blame economic woes on rich people and Wall Street and therefore have a populist mechanism for ushering in a liberal agenda like we ain't seen since LBJ was moving his bowels in front of a captive audience? Get that feeling.
addendum: on Kudlow Report young Obama supporter basically confirms this thesis saying essentially who cares if Wall Street is unhappy, Obama's popularity at 65% - someone should tell him that Jimmy Carter's approval rating was at aprox 70% after a month in office - something to look forward to I guess, good golly.
addendumaloosa: just have to say, listening to budget geek at Obama press conference defending tax increases by saying, at pains to say, increases don't kick in for a year therefore ostensibly not during down turn, which I guess would be bad - to which I say: you're admitting tax increases would have a depressing effect - how therefore do you justify applying them then a year from now when, only if all goes well, we will be struggling to rise out of this mess? Makes no sense. You see what I'm saying? You admit tax increases are counter productive under certain conditions and then congratulate yourself for raising taxes under conditions only slightly removed - assuming all goes well - from those certain conditions - makes no fucking sense!
addendadumdum: report in Politico today suggests Pelosi and Obama in conflict because she doesn't think he's pushing a liberal enough agenda. That's a scary thought.
