Obama - No Surprise Except To the Squishy Centrists and RINOs That Supported Him

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"Yes, there is an element of managerial incompetence, but the real issue is that the Right was correct about Obama: he’s an ultra-liberal at least on domestic policy, not a pragmatic centrist either on policy or in style. His mode of governance — denigrate the opposition, engage in ad hominem attacks, refuse to compromise on substantive policy, disguise radical policy intentions with a haze of meaningless rhetoric — bespeaks someone supremely confident in his ideological views and undaunted by fears (which are slowly creeping up on his Red state colleagues) of having overshot his mandate."

President Obama's performance to date, rather than being a disappointment or surprise, has been one of the most predictable outcomes I have observed since I began following politics some decades ago. We need to find clever ways to unmask his tactics (e.g. STRAW MAN ALERT) and apply them with great vigor. I can barely imagine how ineffectual this President may become if stripped of his power to mesmerize and obfuscate. Hat tip to Mark Steyn for pointing me in the direction of this Commentary blog.