"... what jobs plan will Obama be announcing on Thursday? Judging from what we've seen of Obama so far, seems obvious... blame Bush, implicate cynical Wall Street greed for creating a crisis so bad it defies simple solutions, fan flames of a class war, although he'll no doubt do so subtlety... then declare or argue that rather than having been a failure so far as concerns the economy his presidency, through bold, sage actions has actually saved the economy and accordingly he'll offer up more of the same... he'll paint the picture that, as bad as things may seem, but for his enlightened leadership there'd be nothing but a smoking crater nestled between Canada and Mexico and therefore imply that the country should thank him for this... in short, since what he's likely to propose on Thursday will either expressly or by insinuation be so afflicted by left wing ideology and so obviously designed to make republicans look bad it has virtually no chance of getting through congress, Obama at that point will be in full campaign mode and engaged in the one thing he's ever shown any talent for, manipulating peoples perceptions of him for the sake of getting elected... the man's arrogance is so great that he effortlessly, almost as a matter of course manages to confuse getting elected with actual leadership... in other words, since he's so brilliant, how could supporting him not be brilliant too...?"
[editor's note: for evidence that this is probably what we will get from Obama on Thursday look at his recent short term suspension of certain EPA industrial pollution regulations - a move that will do little or nothing to spur the economy, given that the actions are short term, but much to give impression that Obama is a moderate looking to make 'difficult' compromises - and so when republicans reject his policy proposals on Thursday he can then with seeming legitimacy cry 'you see how unreasonable these people are? Here I am, this decent, honorable guy looking to reach out to them across the aisle and all they can do is say no...'. This is classic Obama - the man's a con artist, pure and simple.
But what if Obama does try a Clinton? Fine - but the problem with that is that Clinton actually was a moderate, he didn't have to fake it like Obama does - he had been governor of Arkansas for christ sake! More over, Clinton didn't owe his political fortunes to the left wing of the democratic party - he could afford to piss the uber lefties off - hell, doing so only enhanced his popularity - Obama owes everything he has to the uber lefties - they hated Hillary and promoted him, relentlessly promoted him and that's why he's president - how can he survive without their undying loyalty and enthusiasm, especially given his declining popularity among independents?]
