I think that Tom Friedman has is right on the economy.[/quote]
Brian: Just to be clear from the jump, Tom Friedman is an idiot. How this guy has kept his job is a constant source of amazement to me.
As to the Obama lose/lose proposition: Not at all. I’ve gotten the same pushback from pri on this (phrased as my “hating” on Obama) and nothing is further from the truth. I find the guy personally likeable, just in WAY over his head, the way Dubya was (and we all saw how THAT worked out).
I’m sorry, but as far as I’m concerned, Obama has lost the handle. When a leader loses confidence to this degree, its generally irreversible. I don’t see how a second Obama term will make anything better, either. As I said in an earlier post, Carter had begun to figure things out at the end of his first term, but faced the same terminal decline in terms of voter confidence and thus the Reagan victory. You might hate Perry, but he’s exuding confidence and vigor and the electorate is looking for alternative (just the way they were in 2008, when the country was tired of Dubya and dispirited after two terms).
Unless and until Obama decides to go all “Street Fighting Man” on the GOP, his future doesn’t look all too bright.
