One Year of Obama
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 25th, 2010 5:32 am by HL
President Cool Gets Hot
John Heilemann, New York Magazine
Barack Obama is not unfamiliar with delivering big-stakes, high-pressure, bet-the-farm speeches—but the challenges presented by Wednesday’s State of the Union are of a different kind and order of magnitude than he has ever confronted before. In the wake of the smack-upside-the-head loss of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat last week in Massachusetts, with its dire implications for health-care reform and dark portents for November’s midterm elections, Democrats in Washington and around the nation will be looking for more from Obama than mere eloquence or even…
Earth to President Obama
Sherman Frederick, Las Vegas Review-Journal
We're now way beyond the cliche of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.In a remarkably short period, President Barack Obama and the Democrat Party screwed up history. They told the world they had a romantic date with destiny and instead took the opportunity for the equivalent of a quickie at the Chicken Ranch.Even after feeling the fury of voters in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the White House continues to demonstrate a jaded comprehension of reality.The night after Republican Scott Brown beat anointed Democrat Martha Coakley in Massachusetts' special Senate…
