Obama’s re-election chances depend on painting the Republicans as disrespectful. So why would the White House act disrespectful by scheduling a speech to a joint session of Congress at the exact time when the Republicans already had a debate planned?
And why is the White House so cocky about Obama as a TV draw against quick-draw Rick Perry? As James Carville acerbically noted, given a choice between watching an Obama speech and a G.O.P. debate, “I’d watch the debate, and I’m not even a Republican.”
The White House caved, of course, and moved to Thursday, because there’s nothing the Republicans say that he won’t eagerly meet halfway.
... Obama is still suffering from the Speech Illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from a Teleprompter, cast a magic spell with his words and climb back up the mountain, while we scurry around and do what he proclaimed.
The days of spinning illusions in a Greek temple in a football stadium are done. The One is dancing on the edge of one term.
The White House team is flailing — reacting, regrouping, retrenching. It’s repugnant.
After pushing and shoving and caving to get on TV, the president’s advisers immediately began warning that the long-yearned-for jobs speech wasn’t going to be that awe-inspiring.
“The issue isn’t the size or the newness of the ideas,” one said. “It’s less the substance than how he says it, whether he seizes the moment.”
The arc of justice is stuck at the top of a mountain. Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for.
PREDICTION:
- HOWARD DEAN WILL ENTER THE RACE AFTER THE SPEECH FLOPS.
- HE WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR OBAMA'S WIN AND TAKING CONGRESS IN 2008, AND CLAIM THE MANTLE OF TRUE LEADER OF THE NEW DEMOCRAT PARTY.
- AND AS HE SEEMS READY TO TOPPLE OBAMA, HILLARY WILL JUMP IN.
- OBAMA WILL WITHDRAW.
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Those are far fetched predictions. Here are mine- Obama will give a speech, it will be all boilerplate, there will be no details/specifics released, he (or his minions) will call the GOP racists and engage in personal attacks, and he will hope that if America gets dragged through the gutter he will keep power for him and his allies.
WRONG.
OBAMA MIGHT VERY WELL DISH UP MORE OF THE SAME, BUT THE LEFTISTS WHO CONSTITUTE THE BASE OF THE PARTY WON'T ACCEPT IT.
TEDDY RAN AGAINST JIMMY IN 1980.
OBAMA WILL BE CHALLENGED.
I, too, believe that Obama will be challenged for the nomination.
In the end, though, he will get the nomination -- IMHO. But, hell, what do I know?
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