The "fiscal cliff" fiasco has made it clear that President Barack Obama is entirely irrelevant to the everyday task of governing. He is not interested in it, and he is not good at it. He is great at campaigning and terrible at leading. He is essentially a symbol, a political celebrity who could be re-elected forever because people seem to like what they think he stands for, and what he tells them he stands against. But he does nothing positive for the country.
The deal that took shape on Capitol Hill over the past few days and weeks happened almost without President Obama's involvement--and despite his hyper-partisan press conference yesterday, which nearly poisoned the entire process. No doubt he will be able to offer sophisticated-sounding reflections on the entire affair, which largely repeat analyses from policy briefings and the press. But President Obama was absent, and unwanted.
Yeah, I just don't know. He's part of the ideological hard left that is driving the "transformation" of our country. Certainly the figurehead, but is he only the figurehead? Dunno. It's going to take many years of hindsight to untangle this one. But, if as the saying goes, the victors are the ones who write history, it may never be untangled.
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Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:12 am
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