OBAMA: EFFECTIVE AGAINST STRAW MEN BUT NOT REAL PROBLEMS

JAY COST IS RIGHT ON. EXCERPT:

.. time and again in this press conference, we saw the President mischaracterize the Republican position. That's not to say that no Republicans (or conservatives) hold the views that the President claimed they do (though I don't think anybody is opposed to modernizing government buildings!). The point is that none of these views reflect the median Republican position, let alone the "left-leaning" position of the kinds of Republicans who could be brought into a Democrat-led initiative like this stimulus bill.

RELIAPUNDIT: OBAMA CAN NEVER GET SOMETHING EFFECTIVE DONE IF HE'S BUSY SLAYING FICTIONAL ADVERSARIES.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WIN DEBATES WITH THIS TATCIC BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEVELOP EFFECTIVE POLICY.