It has been a staple of my criticism of Obama for years now that the one thing, possibly the only thing he knows how to do well is get elected, to turn out the vote, to campaign endlessly targeting those vulnerable groups that for various reasons are susceptible to his simplistic message and who will slavishly, almost robotically turn off whatever critical faculties they may possess and dutifully march to the polls to celebrate the honor he confers, the honor of being favored by him. Read this article in the WSJ - this man's presidency is all about getting him elected as if that in and of itself is victory enough, is purpose enough. This goes beyond personality cult fanaticism - this starts to look like a slide towards fascism territory, especially when you consider the press' willing participation in this propagandizing of the political process - and propaganda to sell what? a cogent idea? a coherent agenda? skilled stewardship of the country's resources? No - all to sell a feeling.
[but wait a second - you really think there's no coherent agenda here? Well, from the voters point of view, no, not really, they're just dupes fooled into believing in the cause simply because they're either ignorant, poorly informed, lacking any sense of a 'big picture' or addled by ideological stupefaction - but for the operatives, the minions crawling through the shadows, the seduced acolytes, yes there's no doubt an agenda there - whether it's coherent or not in objective terms is highly debatable - but they no doubt believe they are assiduously working towards a grand liberal something - now, it is indeed an open question as to whether Obama himself is a true believer in the revolution or whether the great cause is just a convenient vehicle for promoting the thing he cares for most, Obama - I don't know the answer to that question, one could probably make convincing arguments either way]
